serialcron

a BASH utility for scheduling serial execution of cron jobs of indeterminate length

A BASH framework for scheduling serial execution of cron jobs of indeterminate length, with support for queuing and restart flags.

1. place serialcron folder in /opt or another location
2. add $JOBS="/opt/serialcron" to /etc/environment
3. add $LOGS="/opt/serialcron/logs" to /etc/environment
4. sudo ln -s /opt/serialcron/execute.sh /usr/bin/execute
5. sudo ln -s /opt/serialcron/monitor.sh /usr/bin/monitor

write your script

// #! /bin/bash // # exported script name appears in logs // export SCRIPT="sample-script"

// your code goes here

call execute

first parameter: script name

the second parameter indicates the directory that the called script is to be performed in

the third parameter indicates whether the script should be queued if another script is currently executing

execute sample-script execute //sample-script execute sample-script / execute sample-script /

invoke your script from cron

// # cron invocation // # m h dom mon dow command // 01 * * * * execute sample-script $HOME true # queue script if a script is running // 05 * * * * execute sample-script $HOME false # cancel request if a script is running // 10 * * * * execute sample-script # optionally invoke a script with no directory param BE CAREFUL

use the monitor to see your logs

monitor