TaskForest Job Scheduler 1.37

TaskForest Job Scheduler is a simple but expressive job scheduler that allows you to chain tasks/jobs and create time dependencies. Uses text config files to specify task dependencies. Designed for use on a single machine.

SYNOPSIS

# Run the main program, checking for jobs to run.
# By default, this will run until 23:55
#
use TaskForest;
my $task_forest = TaskForest->new();
$task_forest->runMainLoop();

OR

# Display the current status of all jobs scheduled to run today
#
use TaskForest;
my $task_forest = TaskForest->new();
$task_forest->status();

Installation:

To install the module, use the standard procedure:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

The run_wrapper and the main taskforest script will be installed in the bin subdirectory of the directory from which you're performing this installation.

I have recently added a lot more tests to the system than there were before. Please let me know if your tests fail for any reason. I've tested the system out on Linux and Mac OS X.


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Requirements:

· Perl

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Added support for external dependencies (jobs depending on jobs that are in other families.
· Removed the VERSION string from all the .pm files, and moved it to Makefile.PL. Thils will mean less diffs between versions.
· Got rid of unused code.
· Improved some test cases, to reduce the risk of false test failures.
· Fixed a bug where the last entry of a recurring job was sometimes not run.
· Modified taskforestd and taskforestdssl to accept the 'chained' option in the config file.