Thread: KT - Schedule wifi downloads with cron?
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Old 03-01-2013, 01:06 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by knc1 View Post
A cron job the runs while the processor is halted - -
Now that is going to be a very good trick if you can pull it off.

cron is a software program, not access to a hardware timer.
software requires a processor to run it with, and when asleep linux is actually frozen in RAM with the processor shut down.

Install my dmesg -> document KUAL button and study the messages of what is happening during "going to sleep" and "waking up".
Oh, well that makes sense. I guess I just wasn't thinking about it being halted. Just for fun I did do a simple script trying to just wake it up and it didn't work. Thanks for busting my balloon!
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