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Anacron?
Authored by: mithras on May 03, '05 10:52:58AM

Does launchd do an anacron-like "catch-up" of actions that it's missed? Or is there a way to enable such functionality on a per-item basis?

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Anacron?
Authored by: luhmann on May 03, '05 11:44:03AM
You can use Anacron for the mac.

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Anacron?
Authored by: sahilt on May 03, '05 12:04:51PM

It's not immediately clear how to setup Anacron to 'catch-up' tasks that are not run via cron (but instead via launchd). Does anyone want to write-up a basic HOWTO?

After all, it will be useful (especially for use iBook/Powerbook users), and certainly not more basic than instructions on removing Dashboard from the Dock. ;-)



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launchd
Authored by: nick on May 03, '05 12:37:14PM

there is an option to run launchagents and launchdaemons not only at certain time, but periodically. i couldn't figure out, whether a periodic daemon gets started, if it was dued while the computer slept.



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Anacron?
Authored by: mudpup on May 03, '05 02:09:46PM
On my lap top I run the cron jobs, manually when it's convenient.
Open termial

sudo sh /etc/daily
sudo sh /etc/weekly
sudo sh /etc/monthly


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