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Old July 24th, 2003, 01:24 AM
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cron job! pls help!
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i have several cron jobs to run. How do i install a master cron to control all those slave crons? That is to say, the master cron should start the next cron job immediately after a cron job has finished. Pls help!!!
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Old July 24th, 2003, 01:05 PM
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With a simple script that starts them one after the other...
Like:
Code:
/etc/crontab:
0 0 0 * 0 root /root/bin/allcron.sh

Code:
/root/bin/allcron.sh:
#!/bin/sh
/path1/job1
/path2/job2
/path3/job3
...
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Cron Job - Pls Help
Thanks for your help.

Now if the first cron is hang, how can i ask the master cron to stop the slave cron and start the next cron?

thanks
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if you want to do advanced scripting, read the bash manual or learn PERL...
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