Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 09:24:10 +0000 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System reboots ~3am during daily periodic 450.status-security run Message-ID: <201312030924.10969.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <201312022040.11070.freebsd01@dgmm.net> References: <201312012352.01075.freebsd01@dgmm.net> <529C4213.2010307@sdf.org> <201312022040.11070.freebsd01@dgmm.net>
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On Monday 02 Dec 2013 20:40:11 dgmm wrote: > This does bring to mind something I'd not previously thought of. Except > for the rare times I leave a job running overnight, periodic never > runs. I'll have a to make a decision on what to do about that. Consider sysutils/anacron Anacron can be used to execute commands periodically, with a frequency specified in days. Unlike cron(8), it does not assume that the machine is running continuously. Hence, it can be used on machines that aren't running 24 hours a day, to control daily, weekly, and monthly jobs that are usually controlled by cron. -- Mike Clarke
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