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Better Scheduler Than Cron?

Posted by Cliff on from the better-than-the-reigning-champion dept.

Chanc_Gorkon asks: "I am looking for an open source job scheduler that is better than cron. I need a scheduler that has dependency checking, preemption (to stop jobs that access the same resources from running at the same time) and -full- logging. Cron e-mails are nice, but I usually end up cleaning them out with out reading. E-mailing the sysadmin -only- when a job does not get kicked off would be the preferable option. I have scoured Freshmeat and Sourceforge and have found nothing that comes close to what I am looking for. Do you guys have some options for me?"

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  1. Re:Different timezones by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why hasn't this been done?

    Did you pay for it? Did you help a project like that with either code or other contributions?

    Yes, it would be good to have a more capable daemon, but we are not in a position to demand. The only action we are allowed to take is to contribute if we feel the need for a better tool.

    --
    It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
    Be yourself no matter what they say
  2. Re:launchd by ignorant_coward · · Score: 0, Troll


    I'm waiting for the absense of GPL fanboy trolls, which proves that Slashdot doesn't care about GPL-compatibility, they just like to bitch about Sun.

    The FSF website says APSL is not compatible with the GPL. Oh, you don't care, because your iPod is so damn cool.

    Whatever.