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mico

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From: Slovenia

Registered: 2004-02-08

Posts: 250

cron jobs when pc is not running

I want a script to be executed every Monday morning, but I usually shutdown my work computer during weekend and weekly cron jobs are not run. Is there a way to tell cron to run all those missed jobs after the system boots?

FUBAR

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-12-08

Posts: 1,029

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Re: cron jobs when pc is not running

anacron!

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chicha

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From: France

Registered: 2007-04-20

Posts: 271

Re: cron jobs when pc is not running

I use fcron : fcron = cron + anacron.
http://fcron.free.fr
You also have a package in AUR : http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=9215

It is really a good cron. Very simple. Very powerfull.
Cheers,
Chicha.

mico

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From: Slovenia

Registered: 2004-02-08

Posts: 250

Re: cron jobs when pc is not running

Thanks, guys. I was hoping there is some standard way without the need of additional pkgs outside current or extra. I remembered I can just execute /etc/cron.weekly/whatever from /etc/rc.local. Simple solution, but it works fine.