<div>#!/bin/bash</div><div>TURD=/var/run/mycron.lock</div><div>if [ -f $TURD ]; then</div><div> exit</div><div>fi</div><div>touch $TURD</div><div># do stuff</div><div>rm $TURD</div><div><br></div><div>(yes, there's a potential race condition. Probably doesn't matter though)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sean<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Kevin McGregor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com">kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I want to run something via cron which will take anywhere from less than a minute to a day or so (possibly). Most of the time it will be well under an hour, and I'd like it to run hourly, except if it's still running, in which case nothing more need be done.<div>
<br></div><div>What the best way to do that?</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Kevin</div>
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