Features

#Features

#Cronwrapper

• No need to redirect the output of cronjobs
• Created log has a normalized syntax and can be parsed with simple grep commands
• Block multiple instances of the same job
• Hooks ✴️ new in 2.0 - execute the same actions in each cronjob before/ after the cronjob command

#Monitoring

The normalized syntax offers simple access to several metadata like

• executed command
• start time/ end time/ execution time/ ttl
• exitcode
• output

cronstatus.sh shows the overview of all local cronjobs using cronwrapper and details for a single job

• Show error for non-zero exitcode
• Show error for non starting jobs using the given ttl per job
• Warn if execution time is larger ttl
• Get history of last return codes and execution time

#Helper functions

You optionally can add the file inc_cronfunctions into your script. It offers several helpers, eg

• fetch returncodes of a command
• lock/ unlock
• colored output
• timer