On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 12:39 PM, David Remahl wrote: > > >> BSD and all Unix OS's by nature are designed to rarely be shut down. >> Several of the "self-maintenance" operations, cron, log rotating, >> locate, etc. are usually set to run in the off hours. They should >> only be brought down for upgrades and maintenance. > > Agreed. Note however that sleep mode will prevent self-maintenance > from running just as a shut down computer will. I frequently leave my > 'book running through the night, for that reason. > Yup. I have my Energy Saver set to always on when plugged in. Which is usually is over night. -- Randy Reames ~(*)~ www.reames.org "Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do" ~ Bruce Lee