[Gllug] Cron?

[Paul Roberts]

Neil Fryer <neil.fryer at 12snap.com> writes:

> If I want to run a task every 2 minutes, how can I make sure that the same
> task run previously finishes before the next one starts?

You could make the script that performs your task create a temporary
file when it starts, then delete it when its finished.

Then, at the beginning of the script, you could just loop while that
file exists.

Just an idea, anyway.

- Paul


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