From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jul 22 16:23:17 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADF73B9FED7 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:23:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@shinnok.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x236.google.com (mail-vk0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7727A1877 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:23:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@shinnok.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x236.google.com with SMTP id s189so163647611vkh.1 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:23:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=shinnok-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:content-transfer-encoding:subject:message-id:date:to :mime-version; bh=uiCs1K5rC5J6L48TTyQYjZox3XHdUw9gKuVWOQl5qd0=; b=jo/HGuZkaUr+lKvpm2+OIy5ehpvmOm1caCm4wJe6vVBqdJf7T2/bESYNy76ry/tToX Y815pj0WlNAWiT6BCJJNrJInshzoY3yvsQ9cnA18/dOXz3IQfx7HFNPzPVZhrxxQ3dUb pungZXparvUmIrh5VCaPtt5EK5dFPhVsnCpJ2JQEkV9KUeHvOzbVmJ43165L6lHq56qN JsSy2uXC7DqCNT0COs/HYdOtHkFy6N+ndxo2GkKT7hCstWglDbcCxWIW5gFAQlCo8JqZ X4gEsFl+vLLDHCkJ8I+JjT10Jk/fSxYtskq+Rh2MiQVBr15Teen90kjaWzF0mAqS8xBV b3Kw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:content-transfer-encoding:subject :message-id:date:to:mime-version; bh=uiCs1K5rC5J6L48TTyQYjZox3XHdUw9gKuVWOQl5qd0=; b=nFrbVOgBz1ek4zNGtL4E7nlPy7/GxgW33mB0TznYTmjIrNWmOnyAoNPNFFdXVNPhnL i0uIBKTtbfoocFneVkCiOD29E20apFxFI03GO0C3mHd7NMfMYfk6mkHznvJUrq4JcO8Z UH2OzB2pTC2vwLyYqk7sEY3HbvVyLznxGlvXbrGzVnaJZiDsaR0jx/QTOfh/jpL2Qb1s s6plT8q+5qCuiaSt/yvuGDl1Wb02Rg/187Lfy/tnBt5gYka6Sax/XqKHX+lJWGQ9qGrd YcqIRzhYVps9s2gQFkI8gbq7fEkAx2kabwYzMRUOY5tvL3Y7h2EfmclcnlOGvJa8wz6z TLtA== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoouvbn26HVU4Wj/uwqOSHaVHqJTcGH0CxLvCy412DOWurQO7UsnNqBw9k8x212Rpbpw== X-Received: by 10.31.13.85 with SMTP id 82mr2235883vkn.87.1469204596229; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:23:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.128.54] ([96.85.235.254]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id l36sm2234149ual.19.2016.07.22.09.23.15 for (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:23:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Shinnok Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: /etc/periodic question Message-Id: Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:23:13 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:23:17 -0000 Hi, Is /etc/periodic daily, weekly, monthly scheduling more like anacron = than cron? Cron will skip a schedule if the system is off or hibernating, whereas = anacron will execute with the next opportunity, thus no missed = intervals. If not, then what's the best option for scheduling tasks on non 24hour = systems like laptops? Thanks, Shinnok=