Hi Simon Thanks for your reply. Yes, security and server load are my main concerns. It is a dedicated server, but there are already quite a few cron jobs running on it. Therefore I thought it wasn't a good idea to add another one that would simply exit most of the time...
jbv > Hi > > It should be possible to that, my concern would be that for the LC script > to create remove the cron scripts, it would need sufficiant privlages to > do > so, which is not great for security. Although there a few ways around > this, > it can be more trouble than its worth. It would also depend on how > everything is being hosted. e.g. on shared hosting, this probably would > not > be possible. > > I would just set the cron script and leave it to every 5 minutes - it will > make your life much simpler. If there is no data to process, then the > script can exit and do nothing etc. Its affect on server load will be > negligible. > > Simon > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi list >> I need to run a cron job every 5 minutes to process >> some data on a server and the job needs to stop when >> all data are processed. The thing is : the data will be >> posted only once or twice a month and it is impossible >> to predict when. >> So my idea is to set up a cron job automatically when >> needed and remove it when all data are processed. >> >> I found the following tutorial : >> http://www.thesitewizard.com/general/set-cron-job.shtml >> Before I make a big mistake I thought it would be wise to >> ask specialists on this list if it would be safe to do that from >> within a LC server script... >> The idea is : a specific LC script would be used to set up and >> remove the cron, which in turn would trigger another script >> every 5 min to process data. >> >> Thanks. >> jbv >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
