Hello, On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 10:17:53AM +0000, Michael A. Peters wrote: > In fc4t2 the updatedb cron job was turned off by default. > In part for laptop users. AFAIK it was turned off because "desktop users" don't use locate, laptop users were not the primary reason. (Yes, my primary computer is a laptop - but I have slocate enabled anyway, so my personal convenience couldn't be the reason either.) > Suppose instead of turning certain cron jobs off, a configuration > allowed one to specify times when they are not allowed to run. > > IE configure updatedb so that it is not allowed to run between 0700 and > 1800 (user configurable) The jobs are scheduled to run at 4 a.m.; if they are started via anacron, it means that the computer is switched on only when it is used. That means that _any_ time is inconvenient, as Ron Yorston pointed out. (You mean I can't wait for the computer when programming at work, but I can wait for it when playing Tuxracer in the evening? :)) > Also, it shouldn't be too difficult for the cron script to check and > see if the laptop is on battery, and just not run certain scripts (like > updatedb) if the laptop is on battery. For the last few days (since on_ac_power handles ACPI and actually works) it's not difficult; but you also have to make sure the job will get run after the computer is connected to AC. Mirek