News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on OpenBSD cron(8) now supports random ranges with steps. Parent comment

Re:OpenBSD cron(8) now supports random ranges with steps by Apofis on Monday May 08, 2023 @05:51PM (#35867475)
Lock files in scripts are actually pretty unreliable, learned this the really hard way and the lesson cost $10's of thousands of dollars.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:OpenBSD cron(8) now supports random ranges with steps by r3trohack3r on Monday May 08, 2023 @09:03PM (#35869020)
Surprised to see this, mind sharing the experience?

How did the lock fail? Was there a more reliable fix?

[ Parent | on HN ]