how to cancel a cronjob if the cronjob still running


 
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Old 08-18-2010
Could have one daily cron which executes a script. Within the script loop with a 60-second delay after each succesful job completion.
Within the loop within the script also test for a "stop" flag file and have another cron to set the "stop" flag file at the end of the day. Remember to delete the "stop" flag file just before exiting the script.

Btw. A cron running every minute will create at least 3x3,600=10,800 entries in the cron log per day. If the cron job produces any untrapped output it will also create 3,600 emails per day.
 
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NAME
ldap2repository - creating debian repositories cronjob for the GOsa FAI plugin. SYNOPSIS
ldap2repository [-hvnpej] [-c config] [-d outdir] [-r srvroot] [-i interface] [-a arch] [-P proxy] DESCRIPTION
ldap2repository is a script to create the cronjob for the local. debian repositories needed by GOsa FAI plugin. -c LDAP config file (default: /etc/ldap/ldap.conf) -d output dir (default: /etc/gosa/fai) -h display this help and exit -n skip cleanup for mirrors -p show progress in cronjob -v be verbose -i network interface (default: eth0) -j create a new /etc/cron.d/goto-fai-backend -r server root (default: /srv/www) -e ignore small errors -a processor architecture (default: i386) -P proxy (default: none) BUGS
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