On Feb 13, 2010, at 6:47 AM, Shane Hathaway <[email protected]> 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 do this) > > - An email even if the job takes a long time (cron apparently doesn't > send email if the job takes more than 5 minutes) > > - A way to disable jobs temporarily > > I want to run long jobs such as mysqldump and rsync from VPSs to a > backup drive. Maybe someone has already written a different version > of > cron that does these things. Thoughts? > > (I have played with various backup programs designed for archiving on > tape, but I use rdiff-backup, not tape; the programs designed for tape > seem too obtuse to be useful. I just want to run trivial scripts.) > If I were starting a project like this, I would start with launchd, not cron. Justin -- Sent from my iPad Nano. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
