Re: [cobalt-users] Planned execution of a script on a RAQ - AT not there ?

[Francisco Javier Fabra Caro <jfabra@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I guess I am missing something here.  Cron still works on Cobalts just like 
> any other "nix box - you can set jobs to run at any time you desire.  Note 
> the last line of /etc/crontab - which runs swatch every 15 minutes.  Simply 
> build a crontab (or modify it) to do the job (run your perl script) at the 
> time you desire.
> 
> As for syncing the time, start ntp (/etc/rc.d/init.d/xntpd) which will sync 
> the time with a network time server (there are loads out there) and make sure 
> your box is accurate with the rest of the net.  I run it on all my servers so 
> that I know a report/email dated a certain time is the same "time" for all 
> servers.

But the problem it's that crond doesn't guarantee you to execute the
process in the exact time. Depending of your needings, you should start
before the time a process with high-priority to ensure the correct
execution on all possible cases (load, time..). But depends on the
neccessity that you have for a real close-time-execution, I think.. The
cron solution it's the most suitable for most of situations.

Cheers!

  fabRiX