mcron - News
posted by dale_mellor, Thu 21 Feb 2008 10:20:15 PM UTC - 0 replies
Version 1.0.4 of mcron is released.
mcron is a replacement for the original Vixie cron daemon, written in guile and allowing guile job description files (as well as Vixie-style ones) for increased flexibility.
The main changes are
- Updated license to GPLv3.
- Any file can be named on the command-line, without the .vixie or .guile extensions (used to be silently ignored)
- The argument to the --schedule option is no longer optional.
posted by dale_mellor, Thu 21 Feb 2008 07:45:14 PM UTC - 0 replies
I have not pulled the full CVS history across; the GIT repository starts with a clean 1.0.3 tarball.
posted by dale_mellor, Mon 02 Jan 2006 04:34:07 PM UTC - 0 replies
Can now be installed (without full Vixie compatibility) by a non-root user.
Behaves well when a laptop comes out of sleep mode.
Improvements in the manual.
posted by dale_mellor, Tue 05 Aug 2003 07:01:53 PM UTC - 0 replies
All the functionality has now been broken out into Guile modules, so mcron can be directly integrated into other programs. This includes the ability to read Vixie-style configuration files, as well as the newer scheme-based files.
posted by dale_mellor, Sun 20 Jul 2003 03:56:45 PM UTC - 0 replies
Now have full 100% Vixie compatibility. Code is now fully functional, only needs some testing...
posted by dale_mellor, Fri 11 Jul 2003 08:33:19 PM UTC - 0 replies
Mcron is supposed to be a 100% Vixie compatible cron daemon written in pure guile. As well as understanding Vixie-style `crontab' files, it also accepts scheme files which allow infinite flexibility in the way jobs can be scheduled. However, due to ...
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