Looking for a good portable linux system

Matt Brodeur mbrodeur at NextTime.com
Wed Dec 22 12:04:01 EST 2004


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On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 10:03:01AM -0500, Dan Jenkins wrote:

> The slocate database build is scheduled in my default cron (from 
> Mandrake's default install) at 4:22 am on Sunday.
>
> Since it is a scheduled task, why not just schedule it outside of 
> presentation times?

   If the system wasn't up at 04:22, then anacron will reschedule the
job for some time within 60(?) minutes of startup.  In the case of a
system that was started just to do a demo, it's pretty likely that the
slocate job would kick off right in the middle.
   So, to avoid the situation you'd have to disable or reconfigure
anacron.

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Matt Brodeur                                                       RHCE
MBrodeur at NextTime.com                           http://www.NextTime.com

You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks.
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