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From: Stefan Schmiedl <s@xss.de>
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Philip Webb (05.10. 20:49):

> The machine is running  c 16 hr/day , so I have to ensure
> that cron jobs wb run at times when it's awake,
> which is not predictable on any given day.

Or, if you don't especially care when the box actually shuts down,
you could put something nifty into /etc/local.d/backup.stop.

s.