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Re: Daily scheduled job, but need to check if previous job has
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| On 30 Nov., 11:59, Eliot <e...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I guess what I'm concerned about is that if the touch file
> .IN_PROGRESS
> is left behind due to some untidy shutdown then when cron kicks off
> the script again, it exits because it thinks a previous run is still
> in progress.
If the IN_PROGRESS file is present after the restart that means that
the prvious job has not completed, and should be re-initiated anyway
(as far as I understood your requirement).
Hmm.. - Now can two of your processes be active in parallel? Do you
want to prevent that?
Janis
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