Sure, Dave. See: * http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2011/02/introducing-run-one-and-run-this-one.html
Basically, imagine having a long running cronjob, like an rsync, that might take an hour or more sometimes. But you want to run this cronjob every, say 10 minutes. something like: */10 * * * * rsync -a foo:/bar bar:/foo If that rsync takes longer than 10 minutes, you'll end up with a bunch of rsync processes over time. Instead, you can use the run-one utility like so: */10 * * * * run-one rsync -a foo:/bar bar:/foo This will ensure that no more than one copy of that rsync is running as this user at any time. Alternatively, the run-this-one utility will kill any previous existing copies, and run *this* one, which might be useful for killing a hung process. */10 * * * * run-this-one rsync -a foo:/bar bar:/foo Thanks, Dustin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/888770 Title: [MIR] run-one To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/run-one/+bug/888770/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
