[Sussex] Regular scheduled jobs?

[John D.]

On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 15:53 +0100, Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Thu, March 31, 2005 13:01, John D. said:
> > So is Anacron actually different from "plain" cron? Because I found a
> 
> Yes
> 
> > link which suggested using "vixie" cron (not that I understood what it
> 
> "vixie" is the "plain" cron as you put it, it refers to the guy who wrote
> it, Paul Vixie.
> 
> anacron is just a way of having cron behave sensibly on machines that
> aren't running 24/7. It keeps an eye on the jobs and is able to run ones
> that have been missed due to the machine being off, mostly.

Ah, right (I think),

All I have to do now is to work out how to use it!

regards

John D.