Anacron Repeating Daily Operation with Tiger 10.4.11

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RRansil - 10 Dec 2007 02:41 GMT

Formerly, when I used Anacron with OS 10.4.10, none of the steps of the
daily maintenance run would be repeated. Now, with 10.4.11 installed,
the log shows that the operation repeats once after what was previously
the last entry ("Rotating log files:system log"). Is this normal
behavior for cron scripts under 10.4.11? FWIW, I'm using the latest
version (3.3) of Anacron. TIA for any info on this.

Ray

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Tom Stiller - 10 Dec 2007 04:27 GMT

> Formerly, when I used Anacron with OS 10.4.10, none of the steps of the
> daily maintenance run would be repeated. Now, with 10.4.11 installed,
> the log shows that the operation repeats once after what was previously
> the last entry ("Rotating log files:system log"). Is this normal
> behavior for cron scripts under 10.4.11? FWIW, I'm using the latest
> version (3.3) of Anacron. TIA for any info on this.

I'm not sure about 10.4.11, but in Leopard the periodic maintenance
tasks run upon wakeup if the machine was sleeping at the scheduled time.

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Steve W. Jackson - 10 Dec 2007 16:50 GMT

> > Formerly, when I used Anacron with OS 10.4.10, none of the steps of the
> > daily maintenance run would be repeated. Now, with 10.4.11 installed,
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> I'm not sure about 10.4.11, but in Leopard the periodic maintenance
> tasks run upon wakeup if the machine was sleeping at the scheduled time.

Is this documented someplace?

In the 5 years I used my trusty PowerBook G4, I always used Anacron to
have it run the missed periodic maintenance tasks. Many people reported
that Tiger's features made that unnecessary, though later information
suggested that it simply didn't run them quite the way that Anacron
would do.

Now, with a new MacBook Pro and Leopard, I simply assumed that Anacron
would be needed and I've installed it. If it's not necessary, and
there's reliable documentation of that fact, I'd prefer not to have
software I don't need.

= Steve =

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Tom Stiller - 10 Dec 2007 19:12 GMT

> > > Formerly, when I used Anacron with OS 10.4.10, none of the steps of the
> > > daily maintenance run would be repeated. Now, with 10.4.11 installed,
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>
> Is this documented someplace?

Not that I know of.

> In the 5 years I used my trusty PowerBook G4, I always used Anacron to
> have it run the missed periodic maintenance tasks. Many people reported
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> there's reliable documentation of that fact, I'd prefer not to have
> software I don't need.

I just observe the log results of tasks specified in my
/etc/daily.local. Timestamps coincide with the time I waked the machine.

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Anacron Repeating Daily Operation with Tiger 10.4.11