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<sect1 id="faq">
<title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
+ <qandaentry>
+ <question>
+ <para>How can I emulate an anacron entry ?</para>
+ </question>
+ <answer>
+ <para>You should use a line similar to the following one :</para>
+ <para>@volatile,first(xx) BIG-period /your/command</para>
+ <para>where xx is the time you would have put in your anacron line.</para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
</qandaset>
</sect1>
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<sect1 id="todo">
<title>Todo</title>
<title>High priority</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>sets TZ= for jobs with a timezone option</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>test the fix for empty mails on non linux systems</para>
+ <para>test the fix for empty mails on non linux systems (solaris seems ok, feedback on BSD ?)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>NetBSD : bug from Gabor Z. Papp : fifo file created as fcron.fif instead of fcron.fifo ?</para>
<listitem>
<para>bug fix : fcron freezes if the filesystem on which it operates has no space left ? (cannot reproduce it on my linux system)</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Add a FAQ entry to explain how to emulate an anacron entry (@volatile,first(xx) BIG-period /your/command</para>
- </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<listitem>
<para>Mem footprint reduction : use an/some union(s) in CL struct.</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>add a timezone option instead of the tzdiff (so it would
- look like !timezone(europe/paris)) (-> cf. tzset() and TZ env var :
- set TZ before every set_next_exe(), etc)
- </para>
- </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>For environment settings, make a var substitution.</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Use directory notifications (FAM), and support a fcrontab
- and a cron.d as Vixie cron does.</para>
+ and a cron.d as Vixie cron does (directly included in fcron itself, not thanks to a script as now).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>PAM support (included in fcron, but needs more tests by