Re:Systemd.timer, an Alternative to Cron
by phpisthebest on Thursday December 08, 2022 @07:01PM
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You are not splitting a timer between 2 files
you are splitting a service and a timer, not all services need a timer. I think that is point being glossed over
services may be called by a target, a timer, or manually. or all 3 when the need arises.
So for example if I have a process that I need to run on startup, every Friday, and sometimes adhoc I can create a single service file and do all 3, and know it is executed in the same way every time
could not do that with cron or even older init systems
you are splitting a service and a timer, not all services need a timer. I think that is point being glossed over
services may be called by a target, a timer, or manually. or all 3 when the need arises.
So for example if I have a process that I need to run on startup, every Friday, and sometimes adhoc I can create a single service file and do all 3, and know it is executed in the same way every time
could not do that with cron or even older init systems