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Date:      Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:58:02 +0200
From:      Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl>
To:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   how to run task periodically
Message-ID:  <4C6B847A.5090408@mapper.nl>

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 Hi,

I have a system that doesn't run 24/7/365.
I would like to make sure that some tasks (like updating the ports tree)
run weekly/monthly etc.
As the system isn't on 24/7 the cron job I usually run for these tasks
doesn't work as the machine isn't always running on the scheduled time.

So I need a utility that enable me to say: "if a week has passed since
the last run, run this command".
Is there such a utlility?
Cheers,
Mark


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