Hi Robert, Robert Vollmert <[email protected]> skribis:
> Defined a mcron job in config.scm scheduled to run once a day, > with a scheme expression. How do I test this? > > herd schedule mcron lists the job as merely a “Lambda expression”. > I learned how to give it a descriptive name, but still there’s > no script linked that I can run by hand. Commit 89fdd9ee0cc8817283449b33a8c1a2604c575c7e changes the rottlog job in a simple way so we see an actual command rather than “Lambda expression”. I would recommend using this style to improve transparency. > One major improvement would be to have: > > 1. `herd schedule mcron` lists jobs with some kind of id > 2. `herd execute mcron <id>` runs the specific mcron job > > Or perhaps, any mcron job could be turned into a simple argument-less > guile or shell script that’s shown in the schedule listing? The commit I’m referring to above does exactly that. Perhaps as a first step we could recommend this style more prominently in the manual? Further improvements should probably go into mcron itself. It’s a rather small and simple code base, so if you were looking for a rewarding hacking session for the week-end, it’s probably a good candidate. ;-) Thanks, Ludo’.
