Linux Tip: Controlling the Duration of Scheduled Jobs | Linux Today

Linux Tip: Controlling the Duration of Scheduled Jobs

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 3, 2007

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“Linux and UNIX systems allow you to schedule jobs in the
future, either just once or on a recurring schedule. A reader of
another recent tip, Job scheduling with cron and at, wanted to know
how to record a radio or TV program and stop the recording when the
program ended. I was reminded of Ettore Bugatti, an Italian who
built very fine cars in Alsace-Lorraine. When a customer asked
about his use of cable-operated brakes, long after other car makers
had switched to hydraulic brakes, Bugatti replied, “Monsieur, I
make my cars to go, not to stop.” So this tip adds brakes to your
job scheduling needs.

“Terminating a job after a certain time, or after other criteria
are met, usually involves having one process to run the job and
another to monitor the completion criteria. In this tip you learn
how to have a process manage the time while the real job
runs…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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