Am Sat, 22 Aug 2015 17:15:38 -0400 schrieb Fernando Rodriguez <frodriguez.develo...@outlook.com>:
> 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. Right, I have one timer that, for example, uses: [Timer] OnBootSec=10m OnUnitInactiveSec=1h HTH -- Marc Joliet -- "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup
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