Stop anacron?

[Bob Goodwin]

inode0 wrote:
> On Dec 25, 2007 8:46 AM, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:
>   
>> The obvious choice to me would be to turn off cron and let anacron run
>> since I believe it comes on sometime [programmable] after boot.  My
>> problem being that I normally shut the computer down at night  and get
>> up early on the morning  sometimes before and sometimes after cron runs.
>>
>> However I believe cron must be left on or anacron won't run?
>>     
>
> You could always just change the time cron trips its routine
> processing by changing /etc/crontab to a time more suitable for your
> needs too.
>
> John
>   

    Yes, I have been considering doing that too.  If I set cron to run
    at 07:00 I could stop anacron and would probably have a log entry
    most every day.

    I just thought I might be missing something that everyone else knew
    about ...

    Bob Goodwin.