#870881 Add --list-obsolete-timestamp-files, --delete-obsolete-timestamp-files

Package:
anacron
Source:
anacron
Description:
cron-like program that doesn't go by time
Submitter:
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
Date:
2025-10-03 15:35:01 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#870881#5
Date:
2017-08-05 22:11:32 UTC
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Man page says

       Timestamp files are created in the spool  directory  for  each  job  in
       anacrontab.  These  are  never  removed  automatically  by anacron, and
       should be removed by hand if a job is no longer being scheduled.

However with a hundred of them it is accident prone to figure out which are
still being used or not visually.

Also if this needs to be done on a hundred machines it becomes tedious.

Therefore please at least add new functionality:
#870881#10
Date:
2025-10-03 15:33:44 UTC
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The option to --list-obsolete-timestamp-files is in release 2.3-44,
which is relative to a spool directory and anacrontab file. Since other
anacrontabs and spool directories can exist, these locations need to be
stored before a delete option can be added.