Re: blog post about shepher user services
Il giorno sab, 22/05/2021 alle 15.49 +0200, Leo Prikler ha scritto: > Hi, > > the blog post you've linked > > https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2017/running-system-services-in-containers/ > seems to neither contain mentions of XDG_CONFIG_DIR, nor mcron. > > Did you mean > https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/gnu-shepherd-user-services/ > instead? yes, I pasted the wrong one, sorry > > FWIW, $XDG_CONFIG_DIR should be $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, I myself always mix > those up as well. Good to know > As far as mcron integration is concerned, it doesn't > look as though this has been done yet and I think work remains to be > done to have mcron running "as a part of shepherd" rather than as its > own daemon. You can right now already run regular cron-jobs through > mcron just how people did before systemd was a thing. You just need > to > make sure you launch mcron as a user service if you want to go with > this particular configuration style, otherwise mcron as a system > service ought to suffice as well. > > Regards, > Leo > Ok, thanks
blog post about shepher user services
Hi, the blog post you've linked https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2017/running-system-services-in-containers/ seems to neither contain mentions of XDG_CONFIG_DIR, nor mcron. Did you mean https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/gnu-shepherd-user-services/ instead? FWIW, $XDG_CONFIG_DIR should be $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, I myself always mix those up as well. As far as mcron integration is concerned, it doesn't look as though this has been done yet and I think work remains to be done to have mcron running "as a part of shepherd" rather than as its own daemon. You can right now already run regular cron-jobs through mcron just how people did before systemd was a thing. You just need to make sure you launch mcron as a user service if you want to go with this particular configuration style, otherwise mcron as a system service ought to suffice as well. Regards, Leo
blog post about shepher user services
There's this blog post: https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2017/running-system-services-in-containers/ I have 2 observations about it 1) it mentions a XDG_CONFIG_DIR environment variable. But on my Ubuntu desktop, I find a XDG_CONFIG_DIRS (note the final S) variable. This could be confusing to someone not knowing well their way around. Was this a simple slip ? Or is there any more specific reason for this missing S ? 2) in the end it announces a second post about integrationg Shepherd with mcron to come up with something that could substitute systemd's timer funtionality. It would be interesting to read the second blog post
