on their normal schedule... i think i'm going to incorporate
something new that i've found... a neat bat file routine from the
4dos echo, iirc... runs things on a schedule or as soon thereafter
on their normal schedule... i think i'm going to incorporate
something new that i've found... a neat bat file routine from the
4dos echo, iirc... runs things on a schedule or as soon thereafter
I use Cron2 an OS/2 utility here then set my robot to do the
tasks I want done, my system is automated to the point all I
need to do is read my mail and reply and manually get my anti
virus updates.
i've got cron utils and such... the problem is when the time for the
event passes while the machine is jambed or even turned off... i have events that need to run as soon as the machine returns to operational condition... crons won't do that... note that i'm speaking of things
that may not run but once a month or less... if the event time passes,
i don't want to have to wait for another month before it runs... i
need it to run now...
i've got cron utils and such... the problem is when the time for the
event passes while the machine is jambed or even turned off... i have
events that need to run as soon as the machine returns to operational
condition... crons won't do that... note that i'm speaking of things
that may not run but once a month or less... if the event time passes, ml>> i don't want to have to wait for another month before it runs... i
need it to run now...
I've a REXX program that checks and/or writes the current
system date to an EA of a file of your choice and returns a
return code depending on whether it's already run today/this
month etc.
i've got cron utils and such... the problem is when the time for theyes. there is something under linux precisely for that. I think it is called anachron. You can always grab the source and recompile with emx. For small things it is usually smooth sailing. The alternative is to build a similar system using Rexx. Every time you boot the system, your script reads the database of things to do, check when it was done the last time. If the delay is
event passes while the machine is jambed or even turned off... i have events that need to run as soon as the machine returns to operational condition... crons won't do that... note that i'm speaking of things
that may not run but once a month or less... if the event time passes, i don't want to have to wait for another month before it runs... i need it to run now...
maybe that explanation makes better sense now?
Hello Mark!
11 Nov 03 22:33, mark lewis wrote to Gord Hannah:
i've got cron utils and such... the problem is when the time for the
event passes while the machine is jambed or even turned off... i have
events that need to run as soon as the machine returns to operational
condition... crons won't do that... note that i'm speaking of things
that may not run but once a month or less... if the event time passes, i
don't want to have to wait for another month before it runs... i need it
to run now...
maybe that explanation makes better sense now?
yes. there is something under linux precisely for that. I
think it is called anachron. You can always grab the source
and recompile with emx. For small things it is usually smooth
sailing. The alternative is to build a similar system using
Rexx. Every time you boot the system, your script reads the
database of things to do, check when it was done the last
time. If the delay is passed, it does it and updates the
database/flag until next time.
....snipped....I've a REXX program that checks and/or writes the current
system date to an EA of a file of your choice and returns a ....snipped....
that's interesting... likely more OS/2 native than i'm implementing
thanks for the offer, though... hey! maybe you could post it in here
or OS2REXX?
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