On Saturday, August 22, 2015 4:52:47 PM allan gottlieb wrote: > I use systemd and wish to employ timers an analogue of cron.daily. The system is a laptop that is normally turned off each evening. > > As I read the manuals one can have either a monotone or a realtime timer. But I seem to need features of each. > > Specifically, I would like the daily timer to trigger 10 minutes (say) after boot (OnBootSec=600) but not more than once a day (OnCalendar=daily). > The manual and several wiki pages suggest that you can't mix monotone and realtime options. > > Am I misreading the manual (and mixing is permitted) or is there a way to achieve my goals with just monotone or just realtime options.
I think so, this is what systemd.timer(5) says: Multiple directives may be combined of the same and of different types. For example, by combining OnBootSec= and OnUnitActiveSec=, it is possible to define a timer that elapses in regular intervals and activates a specific service each time. There's also sys-process/systemd-cron that works like a regular cron and seems to work fine for me but I haven't tested it depth. > thanks, > allan > -- Fernando Rodriguez
