anacrondoesn't respect START_HOURS_RANGE

[debidant]

Hi,

I use anacron on Stretch to to do my dirvish backups. Cron is not installed.

But: It doesn't respect the START_HOURS_RANGE. It always starts shortly after midnight.

Here is my anacrontab:

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SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
HOME=/root
LOGNAME=root
START_HOURS_RANGE=8-16

# These replace cron's entries
1	5	cron.daily	run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
7	10	cron.weekly	run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly
@monthly	15	cron.monthly	run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[pylkko]

Use a systemd service?

[debidant]

Use a systemd service?

What do you mean by this? Anacron is managed by systemd.

[pylkko]

Like manually write the file.

[debidant]

But this would only be a workaround.

I'm interested why START_HOURS_RANGE isn't respected.