[dev] Re: A simple but flexible alternative to cron

From: Eric Pruitt <eric.pruitt_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 00:13:31 -0800

On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 11:59:41PM -0800, Eric Pruitt wrote:
> 'On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 11:30:56PM -0800, Eric Pruitt wrote:
> > I've attached the prototype I'm currently using to this email as well as
> > a sample task script.
>
> Discovered a bug: I should've used the unpadded versions for the time
> fields because Bash will otherwise attempt to interpret the numbers with
> leading 0's as octal values.

And another: should not have added "local send_email" to the run_tasks
function. This is what I get for hastily making last-minute changes
without testing them first.

Eric
Received on Sat Feb 07 2015 - 09:13:31 CET