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How to limit execution of cron and at tasks

Filed in archive Hacks by Rom Feria on August 18, 2007

How to limit execution of cron and at tasks
We presented how you can automate jobs using cron and at before. However, what if you want to limit a particular task for a certain duration only - say, record an audio stream from 2AM to 3AM only or keep tab if a task hangs or something?

Here's another tip from IBM's Ian Shields on how you can achieve this. Warning though, it requires a little bit of script writing.

One wonders how useful this tip is for desktop users, whose desktops are not on 24x7. What do you think?


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