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authorLeah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>2020-01-23 16:49:08 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-01-23 16:49:08 +0100
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Merge pull request #9 from bougyman/master
Adds "over systemd timers" section to README
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@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ Over uschedule:
- due to supervision, no centralized daemon required
- filtering by ISO week and day of year
+Over systemd timers:
+- mnemonic syntax
+- less complexity for jobs, no need for a `<job>.timer` file distinct
+ from the `<job>.service` file,
+- can use a file timestamp to ensure minimum waiting time between two
+ runs, even across reboots
+- very robust with respect to external time changes
+- randomized delays
+- variable slack
+- ad-hoc usage possible, just run the program from command line
+
## Rosetta stone
* run five minutes after midnight, every day: