Anacron not running in systemd?
by p12funk from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4YNA4)
I have been using anacron to do daily backups for some time with no problems on my Linux Mint 18.1 system. On another laptop I installed Linux Mint 19.2 and used the same steps to backup, but it did not work. LM 19.2 is systemd and that may be the problem.
If I force it, anacron -d -f it will perform the backup. If I shut down for a few days and boot, it does not run the back up. It seems that anacron is not running on the LM 19.2 systemd machine unless it is started manually.
My question is: Is there an easy way to run anacron jobs in LM 19.2 without having to study systemd and systemd timers? I believe I have read that there are a couple of anacron offshoot programs that make anacron more compatible with systemd. Is this necessary to run anacron in systemd?
If I force it, anacron -d -f it will perform the backup. If I shut down for a few days and boot, it does not run the back up. It seems that anacron is not running on the LM 19.2 systemd machine unless it is started manually.
My question is: Is there an easy way to run anacron jobs in LM 19.2 without having to study systemd and systemd timers? I believe I have read that there are a couple of anacron offshoot programs that make anacron more compatible with systemd. Is this necessary to run anacron in systemd?