Subj : Re: Event Timing
To   : 2twisty
From : Zip
Date : Fri Apr 01 2022 04:51 pm

Hello 2twisty!

Thank you for your reply!

On 31 Mar 2022, 2twisty said the following...
 
 2t>  Zi> But, do the Hourly events allow you to specify the exact minute on wh
 2t>  Zi> they should be run every hour?

(It appears that it might do exactly that -- see McDoob's reply to me. :-D)

 2t> I think I have a solution for this for Linux users -- and I'm sure you
 2t> coul set it up with task scheduler.
 2t> 
 2t> Set up a semaphore event for anything you want to trigger that
 2t> precisely, then use cron to "touch" the semaphore file.

Actually my hourly poll event here (in Mystic) runs "touch", which creates a semaphore, which another event (in Mystic) picks up, which calls an external script to create BSO poll files etc. (as I run binkd here for the binkp protocol).

Whenever possible, I try to use semaphores in some way, as it gives an easy way to launch things from another source (cron jobs etc.).

Best regards
Zip

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