Re: Stable, CPU-friendly periodic task scheduling
Re: Stable, CPU-friendly periodic task scheduling
- Subject: Re: Stable, CPU-friendly periodic task scheduling
- From: Sander Tekelenburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 06:39:14 +0200
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At 13:21 -0700 UTC, on 07/04/2001, SeaSoft Systems wrote:
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I need to automate the creation of a small file every 24 hours on a
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server machine, so I am looking for the most cpu-efficient and stable
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means of doing this.
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[...] Obviously, stability and efficiency are the principal considerations
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for this job.
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Comments, suggestions, ideas?
What you're looking for is usually described as a "cron" (think "Kronos").
iDo Script Scheduler is one. Some other cron utilities are "T-Minus Ten",
"Script Timer", "CronoTask", "MacAT", "DaemonCron Lite", and the aptly named
"Cron", all of which you can find at MIT's MAC Hyperachive or VersionTracker.
Note that a cron is just something that executes scheduled tasks. It doesn't
necessarily have tha capability to run compiled AppleScript scripts. But
some, like "iDo Script Scheduler" and "T-Minus Ten" do.
Be aware that usually a cron only activates a "cronjob" when the machine is
running at that time. If not, the job simply isn't executed. Your situation
may call for something smarter. Something that will check if a cronjob should
have been run while the machine was off or asleep, and if so runs it at
startup. I believe "T-Minus Ten" can do that.
HTH
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