how about nameing the file with time()
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 13:29:22 -0700 - "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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Re: Re: Frequent job scheduling like cron
>On 09/14/03 13:13, Michael Hipp wrote:
>> I have a job I need to run automatically at about every
Net Llama! wrote:
seriously, you can have your script create some kind of lock file, and
then whenever it runs, check for the existence of the lock file before
proceeding. if it doesn't find one, then it should create a new lock
file, do its thing, and when completed, delete its lock file.
Good
On 09/14/03 13:13, Michael Hipp wrote:
I have a job I need to run automatically at about every 5 minutes. Cron
could certainly do that. But if the job should run long, I don't want it
to be started again while a previous instance is still running. And if
the job should run 4.5 minutes, I don't n
I have a job I need to run automatically at about every 5 minutes. Cron
could certainly do that. But if the job should run long, I don't want it
to be started again while a previous instance is still running. And if
the job should run 4.5 minutes, I don't necessarily want it to run again
in 30
