On tor, 2007-08-02 at 21:07 +0530, Santosh Rani wrote: > I have setup cron under Cygwin to update my malware list on the Squid > that is running on Windows. > I want to setup a cron job which rotates the Squid log files when the > system is started up in the morning for the first time. For running daily/weekly tasks on machines which is turned off from time to time anacron is a good choice. It's like cron but doesn't assume the machine is always on and will start the jobs which should have run while the machine was off when it starts. The setup consists of three parts: a) anacron, with it's anacrontab describing the tasks to run b) cron or another scheduler, with a crontab entry running anacron once per day at a suitable time. c) A boot action running anacron once at boot. Note: The scheduler in Windows is a usable substitute for cron, and also allows you to set up boot actions. Not sure it also deals with jobs which should have been run while the machine was off. Regards Henrik
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