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18 lines
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# cronwrapper
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Wrapper for cronjobs to handle failures in a more sane way.
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## Features
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* Set a time limit for how long cron job are allowed to run
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* Detect failures based on exit codes and output to stderr
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* Restrict how often a cron job should send output mail on failure
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* Ensure that only a single instance of the cron job is running at any time
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## Usage
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Just run `cronwrapper --help` to check available options and flags. Decide on
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your preferences, and define your cronjob like this:
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`* * * * * root /usr/local/bin/cronwrapper -n awesome_job -- /path/to/cronjob --cronjobflag`
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