Jonathan Ryshpan <jonr...@pacbell.net> writes: > In more detail: I have a cron job which backs up my desktop system > every day. The job is actually invoked by anacron, which starts it > about an hour after I boot up the system for the day. Backing up takes > from half an hour to an hour and a half, depending. > > * Frequently, I start the system, check my email and leave for > breakfast; on these days, I'd like backup to start when I leave; I > would invoke it by a shell script or whatever. > > * Other days, I stay on the system for a while; on these days I'd like > cron to start the job whenever its algorithms think best. > > * I don't want to leave starting the job completely to a shell script > run from a terminal, because I'd often forget to run it. >
Why not run /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron just before leaving for breakfast (or give it an easier to remember alias like "run-anacron-now")? What I do here the systems that are booted infrequently is add this to /etc/crontab: @reboot root /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron and change /etc/anacrontab: # the maximal random delay added to the base delay of the jobs RANDOM_DELAY=2 # the jobs will be started during the following hours only START_HOURS_RANGE=0-24 -wolfgang -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
