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Subject: Re: cron and anacron
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Looks like it (from port collection):

Port:   anacron-2.3
Path:   /usr/ports/sysutils/anacron
Info:   Schedules periodic jobs on systems that are not permanently up
Maint:  dz@426.ch
Index:  sysutils
B-deps: expat-1.95.6_1 gettext-0.12.1 gmake-3.80_1 libiconv-1.9.1_3
R-deps:

> Hi,
>
> I use linux on my laptop and installed FreeBSD on my PC.
> In linux I used anacron to get all the "lost" cron jobs my laptop was 
> not "on".
> Is there something similar (or is anacron ported to FreeBSD) on FreeBSD?
>
> Thanx for any help.
>
> Oliver