Does cron do its work if the CPU is sleeping

[Charles Martin]

> From: Carter Tomassi <carter at messyoptics.com>
>
> I leave my G4 on with the Energy Saver set to put the computer to sleep
> in one hour and the monitors less than that. And "Put the HDs to sleep
> when possible."  is  also  checked.
>
> Is cron still re-activating the CPU and HDs at around 4 a.m.? I am
> something up at that hour and never have heard the drives starting up.

Cron tasks do NOT run if the computer is asleep.

A lot of us just run Macaroni or OnyX or something like that once a 
month or so to "make up" for the missed cron jobs.

_Chas_

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