[haiku-development] Re: task scheduler?
- From: "scott mc" <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:07:18 -0800
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:19 PM, scott mc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have a bash script file that I'd like to run once a day in a
>> terminal, is there a simple automated way to do this on Haiku?
>
> AFAIK there is currently no scheduling or cron-like applications built
> into Haiku. There are a few options on BeBits for things like this:
>
> http://www.bebits.com/app/228
> http://www.bebits.com/app/1085
> http://www.bebits.com/app/1711
>
> Adding a nice yet simple framework for this would be a good addition
> for R2. The only thing I would say is that we should NOT have cron.
> The syntax is horrible and is one aspect of Unix systems I personally
> find very unusable. I find the Windows Task Scheduler system much
> better. I don't know what Mac OS X has, but I'm sure it is better than
> cron (though they may also have cron, I'm not sure.)
>
> Ryan
>
>
Thanks. Looks like 1711 might be the one I'll use. I'll give it a
try out tonight.
-scott
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