A cron job wrapper that wraps jobs and enables better error reporting and command timeouts.
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Basic example of usage:
##Will print out help $ cronwrap -h usage: cronwrap [-h] [-c CMD] [-e EMAILS] [-t TIME] [-v [VERBOSE]] A cron job wrapper that wraps jobs and enables better error reporting and command timeouts. optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -c CMD, --cmd CMD Run a command. Could be `cronwrap -c "ls -la"`. -e EMAILS, --emails EMAILS Email following users if the command crashes or exceeds timeout. Could be `cronwrap -e "johndoe@mail.com, marcy@mail.com"`. Uses system's `mail` to send emails. If no command (cmd) is set a test email is sent. -t TIME, --time TIME Set the maximum running time.If this time is passed an alert email will be sent.The command will keep running even if maximum running time is exceeded.The default is 1 hour `-t 1h`. Possible values include: `-t 2h`,`-t 2m`, `-t 30s`. -v [VERBOSE], --verbose [VERBOSE] Will send an email / print to stdout on successful run. ##Will send out a timeout alert to cron@my_domain.com: $ cronwrap -c "sleep 2" -t "1s" -e cron@my_domain.com ##Will send out an error alert to cron@my_domain.com: $ cronwrap -c "blah" -e cron@my_domain.com #Will not send any reports: $ cronwrap -c "ls" -e cron@my_domain.com #Will send a successful report to cron@my_domain.com: $ cronwrap -c "ls" -e cron@my_domain.com -v
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