[CentOS] dont run cron.d- when cron.daily-scripts are running
Leon Fauster
leonfauster at googlemail.com
Wed Feb 13 11:29:54 UTC 2019
> Am 12.02.2019 um 17:02 schrieb Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com>:
>
> 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 ...
>
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> run-parts doesn't look like it produces a lock, so I'd venture that the simplest way would be:
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> */5 * * * * root pidof -x run-parts || your-command-here
>
Thats a nice solution! Pragmatic and more accurate than the path I was on. Thanks!
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LF
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