On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 04:47 -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> I'd like some suggestions for Unix/Linux software that does just a bit
> more than our old standby, cron. I'd like:
Are you looking for full-featured job scheduling software? Most is
proprietary since usually only companies are intereste
Eric Wald wrote:
> Could these two be added by a simple wrapper around your real cron job?
> It could start by adding a single line to a log file, then steal all of
> the input and pipe it into sendmail. Rough guideline:
>
> echo `date -u +"%s"` "$@" >> /var/log/jobsrun.log
> ( echo "From: $...@l
Shane Hathaway wrote:
> I'd like some suggestions for Unix/Linux software that does just a bit
> more than our old standby, cron. I'd like:
>
> - A complete report of what was run and when (cron doesn't do this)
>
> - An email even if the job takes a long time (cron apparently doesn't
> send email
Justin Hileman wrote:
> If I were starting a project like this, I would start with launchd,
> not cron.
You mean this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchd
It looks Mac-centric and over-reaching. To clarify, I need to run my
scripts on several virtual private servers in different locations.
On Feb 13, 2010, at 6:47 AM, Shane Hathaway
wrote:
> Hi PLUG,
>
> I'd like some suggestions for Unix/Linux software that does just a bit
> more than our old standby, cron. I'd like:
>
> - A simple way to add new jobs (like cron)
>
> - A complete report of what was run and when (cron doesn't d
Hi PLUG,
I'd like some suggestions for Unix/Linux software that does just a bit
more than our old standby, cron. I'd like:
- A simple way to add new jobs (like cron)
- A complete report of what was run and when (cron doesn't do this)
- An email even if the job takes a long time (cron apparent
