Linux Tip | How to Schedule Tasks with Anacron

I show you how to add periodic automated tasks to anacron.

[xxx]

I just don't get it how this channel only has 35k subscribers.

[KevinBReynolds]

Thanks for another great video Joe. I hadn't heard of anacron yet so I paused the play and checked out the man page and it doesn't say a thing regarding set -e. That's a surprise. Thanks again Joe.

[keithoakes]

Joe, this was so help full to me. I have on an old Asus system that I have to defrag all the time. I can now defrag this system with out having to remember to do it. Thanks again I
really enjoy your video's.

[spoilerkiller]

Thanks for this very informative video.

[TedInATL]

I wonder how many viewers' Google Assistants you've woken up when you said "Ok, Google Chrome". Mine went on to give me info about Kroger Grocery store.

[MoreChannelNoise]

In anacrontab file I have a line to specify a time period when I want it to operate
START_HOURS_RANGE=8-22
this means operate between 8am and 10pm

Nice vid, also you can do chmod +x *.sh as it saves time and also good for if you have multiple scripts, ps i always name my scripts .sh (at the end) else you cant do the wildcards! shame anacron dont allow . :/

[kahlschlag]

I know that I can change the shell to bash in cron. Can I do that in anacron?

[StephenPhantom]

i am looking at doing a task every 2 weeks, i want to use anacron because my computer isn't always on but the steps for anacron are either weekly or monthly, so how to do that? i thought about making a script that would execute weekly and in the script just using a bool to check if it was 1 or 2 ( but is there a simpler way using only anacron )., .?

[kahlschlag]

Is there a chance of corrupting the file system if I run a scheduled backup in anacron and shutdown the computer during the process. Since there is no terminal output there is quite a high chance of that happening. Does anacron complete or otherwise safely handle the unfinished backup on the next reboot or does it just start a new job. In the case of e4defrag I am a bit worried that powering the system of during a defrag could corrupt the filesystem.

[kahlschlag]

Thanks for uploading this. Very informative indeed. I do however have a question. Say I have scheduled a postgreSQL backup to run daily but open my pc a month later, would that mean that anacron runs the backup 4 times or would it just execute the last backup request?

[MichealG]

Super like. Thanks a lot. Do I need another package like cronie to make use of anacron?! I use linuxmint

[JPRuehmann]

Is there a Programm out there by which I can Start Scripts every Easter-Monday or every third Monday a Month?
Thanks,

[saiprakash]

What is the meaning of 'ana'cron can you please tell me? What is that ana? Is it "An a" !! Please let me know. Thank you

[damejelyas]

i am gonnan get back to talk about 0anacron ; a few minitues later ; don't touch the 0anacron file that's it . (really man!!!!) good video though !!

[brobrian]

Why do I keep seeing these Joe Collins things popping up lately? Duh, doofus, you're subscribed to Joe Collins channel. Hmm...