Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 14:08:49 +0200 From: Dwayne Henderson <its.code.in.here@gmail.com> To: Jens Jahnke <jan0sch@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to crontab screen with script inside and a "don't run it if it's already running" check? Message-ID: <CAOOO88Cvopreh4VrFgpSZ4myaJwu%2Bh2OeApFAOq2RbxC_58ZkA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120602125743.fea43448.jan0sch@gmx.net> References: <CAOOO88D089cm7Hm00kxPTzGc6p8yHn1bBFFz_4w_JADrMK1z5w@mail.gmail.com> <20120601213900.2d0825b6.jan0sch@gmx.net> <CAOOO88CPU2z7GSickCz3%2BEQhXTjEN8iWNxdUA1JNf=yq2wbaaA@mail.gmail.com> <20120602125743.fea43448.jan0sch@gmx.net>
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Any comments on this though? */10 * * * * lockf -t 0 /home/anonymous/.myscript.lock /usr/local/bin/screen -dm /home/anonymous/.rvm/rubies/ ruby-1.9.3-p0/bin/ruby /home/anonymous/myscript.rb Thanks for the help! --Dwayne On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Jens Jahnke <jan0sch@gmx.net> wrote: > Hello Dwayne, > > On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 10:59:09 +0200 > Dwayne Henderson <its.code.in.here@gmail.com> wrote: > > DH> Nice. But what to do if the machine reboots or whatever. Would you > DH> crontab your new Irssi alias? > > I'm not sure. On my remote box I usually start irssi by hand because it > only ceases if the machine is rebooted. ;-) > > The current alias itself would probably cause problems in > a crontab. But you could maybe wrap it into a modified if that only > calls the alias if the pgrep command returns an empty result. > > Regards, > > Jens > > -- > 02. Brachet 2012, 12:54 > Homepage : http://www.jan0sch.de > > Optimist, n.: > A bagpiper with a beeper. >
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