gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x57312100.hantslug.org.uk.29294': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Fri Nov 13 22:27:00 2009 GMT
gpg: using DSA key 20ACB3BE515C238D
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 07:32:16PM +0000, Chris Dennis wrote:
> Peter Salisbury wrote:
> >
> > Use anacron? From the man page:
> >
> > Anacron can be used to execute commands periodically, with a frequency
> > specified in days. Unlike cron(8), it does not assume that the machine
> > is running continuously. Hence, it can be used on machines that aren't
> > running 24 hours a day..
> >
> > HTH, Peter
>
> Thanks for that. What I didn't mention before is that the machine IS
> running full-time, but the external USB drive that rsnapshot backs up to
> gets taken away at the weekends. So I always want to run it on a weekday.
>
> If the "second Friday of the month" option is the best available, should
> rsnapshot run a cycle of 4 weekly backups or 5?
I'm afraid the answer is "both". Cron won't allow you to do
something on a period of a fixed number of weeks, and the somewhat
gimcrack calendar system we use ensures that for any chosen weekday,
you're likely to get about four or five months a year with five of
them in.
Hugo.
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