From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Feb 10 16:59:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA21610 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 16:59:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dns.pinpt.com (dns.pinpt.com [205.179.195.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA21599 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 16:59:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from schluntz@clicknet.com) Received: from clicknet.com (gatemaster.pinpt.com [205.179.195.65]) by dns.pinpt.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA18637; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 16:51:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <34E0F765.AE9376D5@clicknet.com> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 16:57:09 -0800 From: "Sean J. Schluntz" Organization: PinPoint Software Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.02 [en]C-DIAL (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Smith CC: Andrew McNaughton , FreeBSD Mobile Subject: Re: PCMCIA Card Config References: <199802102341.PAA03354@dingo.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mike Smith wrote: > > 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. If the system is suspended during the time a cron job is supposed to take place will it launch as soon as the system unsuspends realizing that it has missed it's time? -Sean To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message