Re:Systemd.timer, an Alternative to Cron
by gnaritas99 on Thursday December 08, 2022 @04:50PM
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No, having a special way to tail your special log file isn't a feature, tail is a general utility used system wide for this for decades; breaking this is idiotic no matter what you grew up with.
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Re:Systemd.timer, an Alternative to Cron
by pikrzyszto on Thursday December 08, 2022 @05:42PM
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I'm happy we have special-purpose tools for dealing with logfiles. I don't want to craft one-liners for "give me logs around timestamp" or "give me logs about my service's first start after the boot" every other day.
Re:Systemd.timer, an Alternative to Cron
by Brian_K_White on Friday December 09, 2022 @12:54AM
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"I don't want to craft one-liners"
I do. I specifically want that as a more valuable and powerful feature. Undifferentiated, open-ended, general purpose, sharp tools are infinitely more useful.