Dave Bryson wrote:
>
> "Kevin A. Burton" wrote:
> >
> > Not really. Just don't let the new task run if the old task hasn't
> > finished yet. Then start it (only if the user wants to) if the task
> > finishes.
>
> Doesn't this lead to the same problem I described - your task will run
> late. For example,
> if Task A is scheduled to run every minute *BUT* takes 5 minutes to
> complete
> then it will run late next time around.
I really don't see this is a huge problem. I mean the UNIX Cron has
this problem. It is just something that you need to pay attention to.
Kevin
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