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diff --git a/mcron.texinfo.in b/mcron.texinfo.in index 75abfe9..f4a5c08 100644 --- a/mcron.texinfo.in +++ b/mcron.texinfo.in @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ \input texinfo @c %**start of header @setfilename mcron.info -@settitle mcron 1.0.1 +@settitle mcron 1.0.2 @c %**end of header @syncodeindex fn cp @copying -Copyright (C) 2003 Dale Mellor +Copyright (C) 2003, 2005 Dale Mellor This is free software. See the source files for the terms of the copyright. @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ Detailed invoking * Running mcron:: * Running cron or crond:: -* Running crontab:: +* Running crontab:: +* Behaviour on laptops:: * Exit codes:: Guile modules @@ -809,7 +810,8 @@ place in the part which implements the mcron personality. @menu * Running mcron:: * Running cron or crond:: -* Running crontab:: +* Running crontab:: +* Behaviour on laptops:: * Exit codes:: @end menu @@ -965,7 +967,7 @@ recommended that this option be used (and further that the @end table -@node Running crontab, Exit codes, Running cron or crond, Invoking +@node Running crontab, Behaviour on laptops, Running cron or crond, Invoking @section Running crontab @cindex crontab, invoking @cindex running crontab @@ -1032,8 +1034,23 @@ become immediately effective. @end table +@node Behaviour on laptops, Exit codes, Running crontab, Invoking +@section Behaviour on laptops +@cindex laptops +@cindex power suspend +While mcron has not been designed to work anachronistically, the behaviour of +mcron when a laptop emerges from a suspended state is well defined, and the +following description explains what happens in this situation. -@node Exit codes, , Running crontab, Invoking +When a laptop awakes from a suspended state, all jobs which would have run while +the laptop was suspended will run exactly once immediately (and simultaneously) +when the laptop awakes, and then the next time that those jobs run will be +computed based on the time the laptop was awoken. Any jobs which would not have +run during the suspense period will be unaffected, and will still run at their +proper times. + + +@node Exit codes, , Behaviour on laptops, Invoking @section Exit codes @cindex exit codes @cindex error conditions |