A technique for scheduling tasks to be run at a specific time or on a specific event.
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Do kernel counters for jiffies in state exist in Linux?
I am looking to get time/jiffie stats on the state of a daemon process. The states I'm referring to are mentioned in the Linux Kernel Proc Filesystem document. Running, Sleeping, uninterruptible ...
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Run a command at a certain time in cygwin
I am writing a bash (.sh) script for cygwin. I want to run a certain command at specific time.
I tried the following:
echo "test" | at 19:00
but I get the following error:
The AT command has been ...
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Are threads which are executing blocking system calls awoken by interrupts?
I've been reading a bit about threads and interrupts. And there is a sections which says that parallel programing using threads is simpler because we don't have to worry about interrupts.
However, ...
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How can I schedule a python program to run from another python program?
I'm running a Python program on my Linux server, and depending on some external data it has to run again at xx minutes or hours from now.
So let's say it runs at 6 AM, and then it has to run again at ...
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What makes the Linux scheduler seem unpredictable?
The question refers to the output of a multi-threaded application, where each thread merely prints its ID (user assigned number) on the standard output. Here all threads have equal priority and ...
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Which Linux distro/mode offers lowest interference when running your own applications?
I'm interested in a Linux distro to build C projects and test their behavior in a very predictable and controlled environment. I'm especially concerned about letting the scheduler deal as much as ...
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scheduling background tasks in succession
I've got three SAS programs to run in the background over a weekend. The three programs output information into files of the same names, so I'll need to remove these output files after the first ...
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Is there a workaround for a lack of scheduler in qbittorrent?
Unlike many other torrent clients, qbittorrent comes without a scheduling tool. Ideally, one can throttle downloads over a certain time of the day, on given days.
Is there a workaround for this? Is ...
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at daemon creates empty tasks
I have problem with atd daemon. If at is called by non-root, it creates task, but it is empty (content of /var/spool/atd). I do not remember what I have done before it broke that way. What else ...
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Client-server app for sending and monitoring asynchronous jobs
I am looking for a desktop app/IDE in which you can:
Maintain a list of UNIX/Linux connections
Be able to write a script locally in a local editor, not SCP files to the host or writing them on the ...
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How to make a scheduled task based on a file creation time?
The supercomputer I run my Analysis uses SGE to do the job management and requires each job duration not longer than 24 hours. And this feature is causing me quite a headache.
Sadly, I was asked to ...
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controlling priority of applications using cgroups
I would like to understand cgroups better and would like to understand the use-cases for applying cgroups.
Are cgroups a good way for prioritizing different applications (i.e, giving higher priority ...
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How preemption works on Linux when a program has a timer less then 4ms?
Jiffies in most Linux system are defaulted to 250 (4ms). The questions is that what happens when a program has a usleep() less then 4ms ? Of course it works as should when it is scheduled. But what ...
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Why mkfifo behaves like a LIFO?
If i do.
mkfifo /tmp/a
echo 'one'>/tmp/a
in the while from another terminal
echo 'two'>/tmp/a
and from a third terminal
more /tmp/a
Why i obtain as output of the last command this?
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Bash while loop and reading from pipe
I have a Windows command-line program that I'm running in a Bash script in Ubuntu via wine. The Bash script basically looks like this:
wine myprogram.exe | while read line
do
# Process line
done
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Conditional crontab command in bash script
How do I invoke a crontab command so that I can schedule to run a script with a 20 minute delay based on some condition?
Edit: What if I wanted a command that schedules a script to be executed only ...
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How to prevent atd from running past jobs?
The at daemon is a great tool! However, if a job is scheduled for 8:00 am and the machine is off at that time, at will run the job whenever the machine is booted. What I would like to do is stop it ...
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Does Linux kernel 3.x use the CFS process scheduler?
Does the latest version of the Linux kernel (3.x) still use the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) for process scheduling which was introduced in 2.6.x ?
If it doesn't, which one does it use, and how ...
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Unix/Linux process scheduler logs
Where can I actually see what decisions did a process scheduler make over a time period? Are there scheduling specific logs maintained by Unix/Linux systems I could take a look or should I be looking ...
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Why can a system become unresponsive?
I just executed dot (a program for drawing directed graphs) with an input file that was so big that it couldn't be rendered in a reasonable amount of time.
My whole system froze. I could barely make ...
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What is a simple way to schedule a single event to happen at some time in the future?
There are often times that I want my computer to do a single task, but not right now. For example, I could have it notify me in 30 minutes that it is time to leave work. Or maybe I want it to run a ...
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High CPU usage with CFS?
I asked a previous question to try and isolate the source of an increase in CPU usage when moving an application from RHEL 5 to RHEL 6. The analysis that I did for that seems to indicate that it is ...
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Isolating cause of higher CPU usage on RHEL 6 vs RHEL 5
I'm currently looking to move our system from RHEL 5 to RHEL 6, but I've run into a snag with unexpectedly high CPU usage on the RHEL 6 machines. It appears that this may be due at least in some part ...
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How can you determine which process scheduler is being used?
I.e. is it the O(1) scheduler, the CFS scheduler, or an older one?
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How does a script/program executes in unix?
I have a doubt about the execution pattern of a unix script.
For example a script containing lines:
command B
function C()
{
Myscript // Myscript is a script
command D
}
command E
and ...
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How to schedule something run once using anacron?
Frequently within my scripts I schedule auxiliary tasks for later in the form:
at now + 8 hours <<< "rm -f workfile.$$ >> $worklog 2>&1 "
or
at 11pm + $(date +%M) minutes ...
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What are the effects, if any, of scheduler priorities and policies for threads in an uncontended cpuset?
I have a Linux system where we have used cgroups to create two cpu_exclusive cpusets, A and B, and where we have migrated all user threads and all unbound kernel threads to a cgroup attached to cpuset ...
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Prioritise X applications with focus
Is there a way to prioritise X applications with focus, preferably both in terms of CPU and I/O?
Something like all X applications are niced and ioniced down in priority, but when they gain focus ...
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Is there any handy command line tool to manage Cron jobs?
Would someone suggest any handy command line (NOT web) tool or script which adds, enables and disables Cron jobs? I am looking, for example, for the following (or similar) behavior:
sh manageCron.sh ...
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Get pid of long running command executed via at
I would like to spawn a persistent netcat server. My command of choice is the following:
echo "bash -c \"while [ 1 ]; do nc -l -p 1111 >> check; done\"" | at now
I am wondering how I can get ...
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Disk Scheduler in Linux
I am studying about Disk Scheduling in my OS class. Thought about the disk scheduler in Linux. When I run
cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
noop anticipatory deadline [cfq]
Someone explain about ...
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Which Scheduling algorithm is used in Linux?
Recently in an interview I was asked about the Scheduling algorithm used by Linux Operating system. What is the algorithm used any why?
Also, what algorithm is used in in real-time operating systems ...
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Scheduled task on reboot
How can I schedule a task to run on next reboot?
I understand that we have tools like cron and at to help with scheduling. But they seem to allow scheduling at a specific time and not on specific ...
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Simple queuing system?
Given a commodity PC, we would like to use it to execute some tasks in the background round the clock.
Basically, we would like to have commands like:
add-task *insert command here*
list-tasks
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GNU: Delayed jobs Queue
Is there a simple way for me to add a shell command to a list of jobs to have run on the system when I'm not logged in?
For example:
I SSH into my system, decide that I want to read an ebook later, ...
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Linux process scheduling - Cap/Weight based?
I am just trying to understand the basics of Linux scheduler.
Is Linux scheduler a Cap based or weight based scheduler?
I was previously using Xen. Now I am moving from Xen to KVM. I read VMs are ...
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What happens the most, context switches or mode switches?
Which happens the most, context switches or mode switches?
I have two answers myself, but I do not know which one is correct:
Context switches happen in user mode, but this does not mean that a ...
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Faster delayed execution than 1 minute?
I am working on a program that can "upgrade itself" by install a new package. In order to accomplish this, I am using the at command to specify that a shell script should be run one minute in the ...
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How to monitor or kill a process which has been started by cron?
I have some bots, which are run by the System scheduler at given time interval. But sometimes due to some logical error I have to stop these bots manually. How can I find these processes run by the ...
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Changing the disk scheduler on the fly
Can the Linux disk scheduler be changed on the fly by writing to /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler? Should applications (e.g. Mysql) be stopped / started when changing?
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How do I execute a script later?
I need to compile gcc45 on my computer and that's a lengthy and resource-intensive process for my computer, so I'd prefer to have it do it while I sleep (at night).
What's the closest thing to:
$ ...
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Bash Script on Startup? (Linux)
Is there any way to make/run a bash script on reboot
(like in Debian/Ubuntu for instance, since thats what my 2 boxes at home have)
Also, any recommended guides for doing cron jobs? I'm completely ...
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How can get a list of all scheduled cron jobs on my machine?
My sysadmin has set up a bunch of cron jobs on my machine. I'd like to know exactly what is scheduled for what time. How can I get that list?
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Add a one-off scheduled task through a shell script?
I'd like to execute a task at a given time, once.
I know I can just use crontab -e to add it there, but I'd like to do that through a shellscript. crontab -e gives me some temporary file to edit ...
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How can you schedule a computer to boot at a specific time?
Usually BIOSes have an option to schedule a time to which to boot at. Is there a Unix/Linux interface to specify the scheduled boot?
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Are there any Workload Management subsystems for Linux?
Asked this on superuser, got no response:
Can anyone tell me of the status/state of WLM (Workload Management) kernel scheduler systems in Linux? Alternatively, any user-space process goal-based load ...
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How do I view the IO priority of a process?
How can I view the IO priority of a process? like to see for example if something has been ionice-ed.
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how to queue a command to run after another command finishes?
Sometimes I start a program that takes a very long time to finish (emerge), then realize that I should go to bed instead of waiting for it. If I know this in the first place I would run
program; halt
...
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Scheduling commands by system inactivity
So cron or at can schedule our commands to run at the exact time we need them to, but can we schedule commands to run when systems are inactive?
Something like:
echo "some_commands" | when 'cpu ...
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Where are cron errors logged?
If I setup cron jobs incorrectly they appear to silently fail. Where should I look for an error log to understand what went wrong?
