Ben Wong wrote: > Did you try $cron->get_next_execution_time($cron_entry,[$ref_time]) ? > > --Ben > No, i had no idea i could ! But now that i try it i get: Can't call method "get_next_execution_time" on an undefined value at ./ff.pl line 11.
Can you make an example perl script? a real simple one? Thanks ! Kind regards, Ed > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Ed Kapitein <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Alexey Feldgendler wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 29 May 2009 15:49:27 +0200, Ed Kapitein <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> i need a script/program that will read a crontab line >>>> ( * * * * * some_action) and output the date and time the job will run. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know of such a tool? >>>> This way i can un-suspend the FR a few seconds prior to the start of >>>> that cron job. >>>> >>>> I already made a script that sort of works, but it is limmited at best >>>> and i hate to reinvent the wheel again. >>>> >>>> >>> You might want to look at this: >>> http://search.cpan.org/dist/Schedule-Cron >>> >>> >> Hi Alexey and all the others >> >> I did take a look at perl, but i am a real perl noob. >> >> This is what i have so far: >> >> #!/usr/bin/perl >> use Config::Crontab >> $event = new Config::Crontab::Event( -data => '*/5 3 * * 5,6 /bin/blech' ); >> print $event->minute . "\n"; >> print $event->hour . "\n"; >> print $event->dom . "\n"; >> print $event->datetime . "\n"; >> print $event->command . "\n"; >> print $event->dump . "\n"; >> >> And if i run that i get: >> >> */5 >> 3 >> * >> */5 3 * * 5,6 >> /bin/blech >> */5 3 * * 5,6 /bin/blech >> >> Perhaps i am missing the obvious here. >> >> Is there someone out there who can make a script that can read a >> crontab line and give the time and date of the next time it will be >> executed ? >> output in the form: >> secs_since_epoch,yyyy-mm-dd,hh:mm,command would be *great* >> >> Many thanks in advance, >> >> Ed >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

