Re: cron questions

[On 19 Dec, @14:17, Boris wrote in "Re: [hdup-user] cron questions ..."]
> 
> > [On 19 Dec, @01:22, Josh wrote in "[hdup-user] cron questions ..."]
> 
> > > I suppose I could have one script that I run, starting each right after
> > > the other -- thus guaranteeing each can't start until the prior one
> > > completes.  Or I could do it the way that it was suggested by Nathan in
> > > the first post (which I presume the example cron script is based on).  The
> > > main difference, I think, would be differing version history.
> 
> Or, you might like the "backup.pl" script that's in hdup's contrib
> directory, which I wrote for a similar reason.  It determines which type
> of backup to run each night, based on some simple rules that you can
> customize (like how many days should elapse between weeklies).

I thought of that, but I couldn't remember if there was some kind
of mechanism in there to prevent the startup of multiple backup
sessions at the same time.... apperantly there is :-)

> Then your crontab can simply be:
> 00 00 * * * backup.pl && cleanup.pl

yep, use this. I'll update this also in the FAQ,

thanks,

grtz Miek

PS these scripts are allready available in crontrib/