Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 15:41:54 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: andrew@squiz.co.nz (Andrew McNaughton) Cc: FreeBSD Mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PCMCIA Card Config Message-ID: <199802102341.PAA03354@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 11 Feb 1998 12:34:18 %2B1300." <v02120d01b1068aedd600@[203.96.56.128]>
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> Being a mobile, my machine is not permanently turned on. I need some sort > of alternative to cron for doing routine maintenance. I could script it > myself, but it seems like it must be a standard problem with some well > thought out solutions available. You can leave it on all the time, as one possibility. I generally close the lid on mine and leave it running except when I'm away from power. Over those periods, the lack of maintenance isn't a noticeable nuisance. > Could someone point me in the right direction please? Check /etc/crontab for the 'regular maintenance' items. You can run them by hand as root on "about" the right intervals, if that's more convenient. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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