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cronjob: run script_A on boot/wake, then every 5 mins after that, run script_B on each of the 4 mins in between (so *not* just modulo-5 clock-minutes)
So I'd like to set up a cronjob in a very specific way:
run script_A on boot/wake
then every 5 minutes after, relative to that boot/wake (so not just modulo-5 clock-minutes)
run script_B on each of ...
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Why is my systemd-timer not working? (Active = Until)
I created a systemd-timer which should restart a docker container daily but it never does.
That uptime of the docker container is > 1 day, that shows me the container was not restarted
/lib/systemd/...
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A monotonic systemd timer that is not distorted by suspension and downtime?
This is what I want: A timer that runs every X minutes by the wall clock. If the computer is asleep, then it should run as soon as it wakes up. And then again and again, every X minutes by the wall ...
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What is the easiest way to run a program from time X to time Y?
There is a certain potentially failing process that I want to run until it succeeds, during the night time, say, from 23:00 to 7:00, but not later.
A possible solution would be to:
Add a cron job for ...
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What is the most efficient way to run a task every X hours of runtime, accumulated over all power-ons?
Let us assume that I have a machine which wakes up at 7:00, does some work, usually for 15 minutes, but sometimes for days (e.g., experiment supervision), and after the works is done, it powers ...
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how to take affect the seting on temporary files ( /tmp )
subject - new settings retarding temporary files ( redhat 7.2 )
we set new values on the following configuration files , in order to minimize /tmp capacity
in file:
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-...
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How to make systemd timer run exactly every 10 minutes, with a task that lasts slightly longer than that?
I have a rather annoying issue with systemd timers and drifting start time. I had an old cron.d script (which executed faithfully once every 10 minutes) that I'm trying to modernize. The problem is ...
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How to see what command is being run by a systemd .timer file?
As an example, take the phpsessionclean schedule. The cron.d file for this looks like this:
09,39 * * * * root [ -x /usr/lib/php/sessionclean ] && if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ]; ...
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Prevent systemd timer from running on startup
I've been migrating my crontabs to systemd's timer units. They all look similar to this:
.timer file:
[Unit]
Description=timer that uses myjob.service
[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* *:00:00
Unit=myjob....
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Command fails running in Systemd timer script
I have backup script for Mysql that previously ran using CRON without issue. I migrated to using systemd timer. The script starts out deleting the previous weeks files before the copy, using this ...
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Cron vs systemd timers
It was recently pointed out to me that an alternative to cron exists, namely systemd timers.
However, I know nothing about systemd or systemd timers. I have only used cron.
There is a little ...
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