3.7 CRON for desktop PC
The Vixie cron
is installed as the default for the scheduled
execution of programs. It does not function well unless your system is up
24/7. For the desktop use PC, you need to install anacron
over
cron
to address this problem. fcron
package may be
used as alternative.
See
Schedule activity (cron
,
at
), Section 8.6.27 for the configuration of CRON jobs.