wok-current annotate anacron/description.txt @ rev 22432

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author Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org>
date Sat Dec 21 11:45:45 2019 +0100 (2019-12-21)
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hackdorte@20007 1 Anacron is a periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals
hackdorte@20007 2 specified in days. Unlike cron, it does not assume that the system is running
hackdorte@20007 3 continuously. It can therefore be used to control the execution of daily,
hackdorte@20007 4 weekly and monthly jobs (or anything with a period of n days), on systems
hackdorte@20007 5 that don't run 24 hours a day. When installed and configured properly,
hackdorte@20007 6 Anacron will make sure that the commands are run at the specified intervals
hackdorte@20007 7 as closely as machine-uptime permits.
hackdorte@20007 8
hackdorte@20007 9 Every time Anacron is run, it reads a configuration file that specifies the
hackdorte@20007 10 jobs Anacron controls, and their periods in days. If a job wasn't executed in
hackdorte@20007 11 the last n days, where n is the period of that job, Anacron executes it.
hackdorte@20007 12 Anacron then records the date in a special timestamp file that it keeps for
hackdorte@20007 13 each job, so it can know when to run it again. When all the executed commands
hackdorte@20007 14 terminate, Anacron exits.