Cameron Laird wrote:
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Uberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Heston James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Good afternoon all.
I have an application/script which is launched by crontab on a regular
basis. I need an effective and accurate w
On Aug 29, 11:25 pm, Uberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Heston James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Good afternoon all.
>
> > I have an application/script which is launched by crontab on a regular
> > basis. I need an effective and accurate way to ensure that only
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Uberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Heston James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Good afternoon all.
>>
>> I have an application/script which is launched by crontab on a regular
>> basis. I need an effective and accurate way to ensure
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Heston James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good afternoon all.
>
> I have an application/script which is launched by crontab on a regular
> basis. I need an effective and accurate way to ensure that only one instance
> of the script is running at any one time.
You c
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Heston James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good afternoon all.
>
> I have an application/script which is launched by crontab on a regular
> basis. I need an effective and accurate way to ensure that only one instance
> of the script is running at any one time.
>
> Af
SOP is to write the actual PID of the running process into the pidfile, then
check to a) that the pidfile exists, and b) that the process referenced in
the pidfile exists. if the pidfile exists, but the process does not, take
over the pidfile and carry on.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Heston
Good afternoon all.
I have an application/script which is launched by crontab on a regular basis. I
need an effective and accurate way to ensure that only one instance of the
script is running at any one time.
After a short look around the internet I found a couple of examples, such as
this