Re: Anacron (was: Add "nice -10" to /etc/crontab run-parts commands?)

To: Norbert Nemec <nobbi@cheerful.com>
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Anacron (was: Add "nice -10" to /etc/crontab run-parts commands?)
From: dmartin@clifton-labs.com (Dale E. Martin)
Date: 08 Jun 1999 10:12:46 -0400
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In-reply-to: Norbert Nemec's message of "Sat, 5 Jun 1999 18:09:49 +0200"
References: <XFMail.990529042715.shaleh@livenet.net> <m10nqlt-0006IpC@vanzandt.mv.com> <19990529212712.A20474@master.debian.org> <19990605180949.D8922@DeepThought.>

Norbert Nemec <nobbi@cheerful.com> writes:

> Now, where you are talking about anacron: Does anybody know of a program
> to detect idle times of the system?

> Is there any way to track any signs of the system being busy (keys,
> mouse, system load, perhaps others) and start jobs during idle times?
> That would be a very nice alternative to cron and anacron!

Check out "loadwatch", available in potato.

Later,
	Dale
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