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Re:OpenBSD cron(8) now supports random ranges with steps by pengaru on Monday May 08, 2023 @02:52PM (#35865555)
> No. Maybe I heard and even knew what it is, but I never needed it.

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> Thanks, I have some more important things (like browsing HN) than writing shitty shell scripts.

Probably a good idea, before you dig that hole of incompetence any deeper.

We're talking about crond here, which is already running the scheduled commands via sh, it's inherently involving the shell. Welcome to *NIX.

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Re:OpenBSD cron(8) now supports random ranges with steps by justsomehnguy on Monday May 08, 2023 @04:29PM (#35866647)
> efore you dig that hole of incompetence any deeper.

"Hur-dur! Look at me! Me mighty UNIX wizard! Bow to me!"

> running the scheduled commands via sh, it's inherently involving the shell. Welcome to *NIX.

Thanks, while you are running shell commands I'm running systems. I'm not interested in writing shell scripts for things what were solved decades ago.

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Re:OpenBSD cron(8) now supports random ranges with steps by gsich on Monday May 08, 2023 @05:02PM (#35867020)
Better look into a mirror ...

Using cron (or systemd) to ensure only 1 instance is running is a valid approach.

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