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| === anacron === | === anacron === | ||
| - | //anacron// makes sure that commands as given in ///etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}/// are executed exactly once in the apropriate period of time if system-uptime allows. As long as your NAS does not run 24h/day, **anacron this is what you need to trigger f.e. daily/weekly/monthly rotating rsnapshot-backups** of a local NAS-Path or from remote resources like your PC or Notebook using a rsync-daemon installed there or a ssh-connection! | + | //anacron// makes sure that commands as given in ///etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}/// are executed exactly once in the apropriate period of time if system-uptime allows. As long as your NAS does not run 24h/day, **anacron this is what you need to trigger f.e. daily/weekly/monthly rotating rsnapshot-backups** of a local NAS-Path or a remote resource like your Notebook using a rsync-daemon installed there or a ssh-connection! |
| === anacronism : alternative to anacron === | === anacronism : alternative to anacron === | ||
| - | Unfortunately there does not seem to be a suitable anacron-package (please correct me if this is not true). As a workaround you might use the shellscript anacronism which comes from the mythtv-community.(Thanks [[http://mythtv.mlaronson.com/home/anacron|Marc !]]) | + | Unfortunately there does not seem to be a suitable anacron-package (please correct me if this is not true). As a workaround you might use the shellscript anacronism which comes from the mythtv-community.(Thanks [[http://mythtv.mlaronson.com/home/anacron|Marc !]]) . |
