On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 10:47 PM, PJ Fitzpatrick <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> One of the disappointing points of the cron jobs is that according to the
> website
> *
> A URL invoked by cron is subject to the same limits and quotas as a normal
> HTTP request, including the request time limit.
> *
> What happens if you have some very large job you need to run that could
> take hours? I though you could just buy the CPU time and that was that. Or
> am i missing something here?


I haven't tested it, but I believe you can return a 301 or 302 and the cron
service will call you back as soon as it gets a chance.

-Nick


>
>
> tks,
> PJ
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Kevin Noonan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> App Engine now supports "cron jobs" for scheduled tasks (one of the
>> most significant missing features).
>> http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/cron.html
>>
>> * at most, twenty cron jobs per app.
>> * Minimum interval between execution: one minute.
>>
>> You might also be interested in the other announcements (such as
>> support for Java & Groovy):
>> http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/
>>
>> (Darragh Curran alerted me to the news.)
>>
>> Kevin.
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>

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