RE: A question about anacron (ubuntu 8.10)

This may be a dumb question, but I have to check... did you ensure your
script was executable?
Also ensure
ps aux | grep cron
returns something (other than the grep command ;-))
Also you can try putting some echos in your script... The output should get
mailed to root, which if you are the first user set up on the machine, you
will get.
Walton

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Subject: Re: A question about anacron (ubuntu 8.10)

Chris G wrote:
I've hunted around on Google and have looked in /etc but I can't
really find the answer to this.

Does a standard Ubuntu 8.10 installation run anacron by default and,
if so, what exactly does it run?

E.g. does it run anything from user crontabs or does it only run stuff
in cron.daily, cron.weekly, etc.?



OK, my installation includes anacron, and the "services" button
indicates that it is running. However, when I put a command into the
cron.daily directory it didn't run. What else do I have to do in order
to get it to run?

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