On Wed, 12 May 2010 15:31:07 -0700 jack craig <jcraig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGggggggggggggg! > > No wonder i couldnt find the control, its out of control!!! > > Thx Tom! > > On 05/12/2010 03:03 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > > On Wed, 12 May 2010 14:33:18 -0700 > > jack craig wrote: > > > > > >> I am assuming its whatever drives /etc/cron.daily, but where??? > >> > > You are suffering from anacron's disease :-). > > > > In recent fedoras all the default /etc/cron.* jobs are now driven > > by anacron from the /etc/anacrontab file and the old /etc/crontab > > file is empty by default. Anacron just runs things at some random > > time when it happens to think of it, which drives me crazy (because > > it always manages to pick a inappropriate time due to Murphy's > > Law). > > > > I move all the entries out of /etc/anacrontab, given them specific > > times to run, and format them to go in the /etc/crontab file. > > I run nothing in anacron (and every release it gets harder and > > harder to turn it off). > > > Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacron for a brief explanation of anacron. Steve -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
