Re: Have an external script wait for a oneshot service

From: Paul Sopka <psopka_at_sopka.ch>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 06:32:45 +0100

> Is there a reason that the user would not simply set up a cron job to run the script every day at noon?
>
> I mean, obviously, s6-rc services are way sexier than crontab entries, but cron jobs have been working fine for decades and if you want to run a script on a specific schedule, why not just ... use the tools you have?

See here for for the advantages of snooze over cron:
https://github.com/leahneukirchen/snooze

tldr; the main benefit is that each user can set it up for themself,
there is no complex security system required as when all
users use one centralized daemon.

Additionally it can make use of s6-log.

Regards

Paul


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