Jake <jforst.mail...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi Tomas > > I got the snippet below from the patch series > https://issues.guix.gnu.org/74860 > > (actions (list (shepherd-action > (name 'trigger) > (documentation "Trigger something.") > (procedure #~trigger-timer))))
Oh, this seems a bit more elegant that the version with identity, thanks
for the suggestion.
>
> Cheers
> Jake
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 10:54 PM Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to use the new shepherd timers in my guix configuration. I
>> got it working with some help on IRC, except I cannot figure out how to
>> configure the extra action. Shepherd's manual gives this example:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> (define updatedb
>> (service
>> '(updatedb)
>> #:start (make-timer-constructor
>> ;; Fire at midnight and noon everyday.
>> (calendar-event #:hours '(0 12) #:minutes (0))
>> (command '("/usr/bin/updatedb"
>> "--prunepaths=/tmp")))
>> #:stop (make-timer-destructor)
>> #:actions (list timer-trigger-action)))
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> However I cannot figure out what to put into the (actions) field of the
>> shepherd-service record. Documentation says it should be instance of
>> shepherd-action, however I have no idea how to turn the
>> timer-trigger-action into it. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tomas
>>
>> --
>> There are only two hard things in Computer Science:
>> cache invalidation, naming things and off-by-one errors.
>>
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cache invalidation, naming things and off-by-one errors.
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