xcron/xcrontab xcron is the souped up, modernized cron/Task Scheduler for Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and FreeBSD server and desktop operating systems. MIT or LGPL. Everything you have ever desired to have in cron/Task Scheduling/Job Scheduling system software. And then some. xcron is the reference implementation of the Job Scheduler Feature/Attribute/Behavior Standard (JSFABS) and is 94.2% JSFABS-compliant. Features Runs on Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and FreeBSD server and desktop operating systems. Sane job scheduling queues. No more runaway job schedules or data corruption due to job overlap that plagues cron-based systems. Use JSON to define named job schedules and named notification targets in a mostly familiar crontab-like format. Picks up and runs missed jobs. Also auto-delays running missed jobs near system boot. Can run jobs at boot and also set a minimum system uptime per job schedule. Supports randomized configurable delay per job schedule. Can set the timezone and base weekday…
I realize this is an old Dev post, but I recently released a much better alternative to cron and systemd timers called xcron:
xcron is the souped up, modernized cron/Task Scheduler for Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and FreeBSD server and desktop operating systems. MIT or LGPL.
xcron/xcrontab
xcron is the souped up, modernized cron/Task Scheduler for Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and FreeBSD server and desktop operating systems. MIT or LGPL.
Everything you have ever desired to have in cron/Task Scheduling/Job Scheduling system software. And then some.
xcron is the reference implementation of the Job Scheduler Feature/Attribute/Behavior Standard (JSFABS) and is 94.2% JSFABS-compliant.
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