On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:03:55 +0000, Chris Elvidge wrote:

> If your computer isn't on 24x7, you should install anacron which will
> take care of all /etc/cron.daily, .weekly and .monthly jobs (see
> /etc/anacrontab). /etc/crontab, /etc/cron.d and individual crontabs are
> still run by cron.
>
> 'atd' runs 'at' jobs, not 'cron' jobs
>
You're right: thanks for the correction: I've now replaced the 'at'
package with 'anacron' and long-neglected stuff (log rotate etc) is now
happening.

Isn't it a bit odd, though that Raspbian would install cron without
anacron? Especially seeing that the cron manpage recommends combining the
two.


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