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   From: Hadron    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: time server   
   Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:32:55 +0100   
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   BlackTopBum  writes:   
      
   > SINNER, was all like, you know, and said something like...   
   >> * BlackTopBum wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   >>   
   >>> SINNER, was all like, you know, and said something like...   
   >>> [...]   
   >>>> $ sudo crontab -e   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Will open roots crontab in vi   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 'i' begins insert mode.   
   >>> [...]   
   >>>    
   >>> He'll have problems with it using crontab for the timing event if   
   >>> anacron is being used... anacron dictates when it will execute.   
   >>>    
   >>   
   >> but it gets its dictation from cron. I use both seemlessly. Anacron    
   >> executes jobs that cron 'forgot' because it wasnt running at the time the    
   >> job was supposed to go off.   
   >>   
   >> This is my understanding anywho.   
   >>   
   >   
   > You're right - anacron does ensure missed crons exectue, but they run   
   > based on the time anancron has for any event - or, at least that's the   
   > way I've witnessed it.   
      
   "man anacron"   
      
   Its there in the first sentence or so. No "witnessing" required.   
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