anacron and cron and laptop usage

[Georg Sauthoff]

On 2007-01-17, ben darby <ben at cvrse.com> wrote:
> * Georg Sauthoff wrote:
>> On 2007-01-16, ben darby <ben at cvrse.com> wrote:

>> Hi,

>> >> Or one could use a cron daemon, where you are able to specify execution
>> >> times like '7.30h or first time after that, but only once a day'. If t=
> he
>> >> daemon uses sleep(3) this behaviour should be trivial to implement.

>> > this already exists anacron and what it was specifically designed for,
>> > have you read 'man anacron'?

>> sure - no offense, but do you have read this thread? Or what passage of
>> the man page are you referring to?

>> To repeat the issue: I _am_ using anacron. With the default config anacron
>> is only started at system startup and at 7:30 AM once a day, but only if
>> the computer is running at that time. Thus if you only suspend your
>> computer all the time - and it is never online at 7:30 - anacron is
>> never ran again. I.e. anacron needs to run at least one time a day.
>
> im refering to the whole section at the start of the man page, but i've fou=
> nd a
> link that might give a clearer explanation for you.
>
> http://people.ubuntulinux.org/~mako/ubuntu-traffic/u20041119_13.html#2

you don't get my point. Please read this thread again.

Neither the man page nor the link says something about the problem we
are discussing here (and which I repeated in my last follow-up to you -
I left the quote in this mail, too).

Best regards
Georg Sauthoff