From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Feb 10 15:42:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA12466 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 15:42:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA12461 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 15:42:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA03354; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 15:41:56 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802102341.PAA03354@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: andrew@squiz.co.nz (Andrew McNaughton) cc: FreeBSD Mobile Subject: Re: PCMCIA Card Config In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 11 Feb 1998 12:34:18 +1300." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 15:41:54 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Being a mobile, my machine is not permanently turned on. I need some sort > of alternative to cron for doing routine maintenance. I could script it > myself, but it seems like it must be a standard problem with some well > thought out solutions available. You can leave it on all the time, as one possibility. I generally close the lid on mine and leave it running except when I'm away from power. Over those periods, the lack of maintenance isn't a noticeable nuisance. > Could someone point me in the right direction please? Check /etc/crontab for the 'regular maintenance' items. You can run them by hand as root on "about" the right intervals, if that's more convenient. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message