A question about anacron (ubuntu 8.10)

[Raquel]

On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 17:33:29 +0000
Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> I've hunted around on Google and have looked in /etc but I can't
> really find the answer to this.
> 
> Does a standard Ubuntu 8.10 installation run anacron by default and,
> if so, what exactly does it run?
> 
> E.g. does it run anything from user crontabs or does it only run
> stuff in cron.daily, cron.weekly, etc.?
> 
> -- 
> Chris Green

I recently did a fresh install of 8.10 on a new laptop.  anacron was
installed by default.  anacron will run not only the "stuff in
cron.daily, cron.weekly, etc.", but also crontabs.

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