anacron

[Derek Broughton]

David Hart wrote:

> On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 06:37:05PM +0100, Toby Kelsey wrote:
>> |^ `/ () () | ( (-) | wrote:
>> > 
>> > What? rtfm
>> 
>> Yes, the man page is accurate.  But if I put a script in
>> /etc/cron.monthly I expect it to be run on the first of the month, or as
>> specified in the crontab. That's what I mean by "violating expected
>> behaviour".
> 
> /etc/cron.monthly is read by (vixie) cron _not_ anacron and the files in
> there will be run at the times determined by /etc/crontab _if_ your box is
> up.
> 
> Anacron is called _by_ cron at the time set in /etc/cron.d/anacron (and
> also directly in the boot scripts).
>  
Er, no.  Toby's got that part right.  If you install anacron, it does take
over executing the /etc/cron.*ly/ directories.
-- 
derek