systemd (timer) unit/ system service #17

jonas-l commented 2020年06月16日 10:56:17 +02:00

That sound better than a cronjob, yeah. But as you already mentioned not all Linux distros use systemd so maybe we should consider to keep the cronjob thing as fallback if the script notices that systemd is not installed.

So it should be something for the case that the user has systemd and otherwise it should tell the user to use a cronjob.

Another idea would be to keep this script running and to include a sleep. Then one could create a systemd service unit and it would be easy to support other service managers.

> That sound better than a cronjob, yeah. But as you already mentioned not all Linux distros use systemd so maybe we should consider to keep the cronjob thing as fallback if the script notices that systemd is not installed. So it should be something for the case that the user has systemd and otherwise it should tell the user to use a cronjob. Another idea would be to keep this script running and to include a sleep. Then one could create a systemd service unit and it would be easy to support other service managers.

j.r commented 2020年06月16日 18:33:22 +02:00

I think the timer option would be better than a long running script...

I think the timer option would be better than a long running script...

j.r commented 2020年06月16日 18:43:29 +02:00

Oh wait just noticed that a systemd timer also needs a service unit...

Oh wait just noticed that a systemd timer also needs a service unit...

jonas-l commented 2020年06月16日 20:50:10 +02:00

the "service" can be of the type oneshot which just runs a command and then keeps it stopped until it is started by something again

the "service" can be of the type oneshot which just runs a command and then keeps it stopped until it is started by something again

j.r commented 2020年06月16日 21:18:06 +02:00

Yeah I think that would probably be the best solution with cronjob as fallback for now (if the system does not have systemd installed)

Yeah I think that would probably be the best solution with cronjob as fallback for now (if the system does not have systemd installed)