notes:avoid_duplicated_cron_jobs_with_flock
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| Let's say you want to run offlineimap every two hours. Instead of simply scheduling in crontab the program (as vmail user) with: | Let's say you want to run offlineimap every two hours. Instead of simply scheduling in crontab the program (as vmail user) with: | ||
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| * */2 * * * vmail offlineimap | * */2 * * * vmail offlineimap | ||
| you can run offlineimap through flock and use / | you can run offlineimap through flock and use / | ||
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| * */2 * * * vmail flock -xn / | * */2 * * * vmail flock -xn / | ||
| This way, every two hours cron starts offlineimap: | This way, every two hours cron starts offlineimap: | ||
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