On 5/2/12 5:33 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > I think you should be careful to not set the schedule to execute you > job too frequently. This system will launch a new job on schedule, > whether or not the previously launched job has completed. For some > jobs this can cause problems. If you want to do something that takes 1 > or 2 sec., every 5 sec., crontab works without using locks on files, > or other safety mechanisms. Or look at the package liblockfile1.
It could be wrapped in a script and the script could manage locking, say through flock. Regards /Lars -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fa1483a.80...@gmail.com
