On 2/12/19 4:57 AM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote: > I have some cron.d entries that execute scripts in minute intervals and I'm wondering how could an > "official" way look like, to have a condition to not run cron.d entries when cron.daily scripts are > running. Sure, I can hack something around file timestamps or so but that feels not so streamlined ... run-parts doesn't look like it produces a lock, so I'd venture that the simplest way would be: */5 * * * * root pidof -x run-parts || your-command-here