# The sysutils/anacron port

## anacron-2.3p4 – periodic command scheduler

## Description

    What it is:
        Anacron is a periodic command scheduler.  It executes
        commands at intervals specified in days.  Unlike cron, it
        does not assume that the system is running continuously.
        It can therefore be used to control the execution of
        daily, weekly and monthly jobs (or anything with a period
        of n days), on systems that don't run 24 hours a day.
        When installed and configured properly, Anacron will make
        sure that the commands are run at the specified intervals
        as closely as machine-uptime permits.

    What it is not:
        Anacron is not an attempt to make cron redundant.  It cannot
        be used to schedule commands at intervals smaller than
        days.  It also does not guarantee that the commands will be
        executed at any specific day or hour.  It isn't a full-time
        daemon. It has to be executed from boot scripts, from
        cron-jobs, or explicitly.

WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/anacron/

Categories:
  sysutils

## Library dependencies

## Build dependencies

- devel/gmake

## Run dependencies