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> It's the exact opposite of reinventing the wheel. If I need to write a wrapper script each time I need to run a task on a timer - then it is the proverbial
by justsomehnguy 4y ago
> It's the exact opposite of reinventing the wheel.
If I need to write a wrapper script each time I need to run a task on a timer - then it is the proverbial reinventing the wheel. It doesn't matter if you call it a tool, utility or a component. Especially if this was solved decades ago.
> Not understanding the operating system you're using is fine
Ah, another mighty UNIX wizard here.
- trasz4 4y ago>If I need to write a wrapper script And there's your problem - you don't realize "writing a wrapper script" is actually simpler than messing with config files.
- justsomehnguy 4y agoThe 'problem' here is you, serving the machine. I prefer the machine to serve me.
- winrid 4y agoUsing utilities included with your OS is not the machine serving you?
- justsomehnguy 4y agoUsing obsolete utilities for the sake of 'doing the right UNIX way' instead of just ticking a checkbox/adding one line in the task configuration? Come on, I would repeat it again - it was solved for decades. Why do you need to do the things like it's 1976? Why do you insist everyone else should do that way too and abandon the fruits of the digital age?
- winrid 4y agoWhy would you use something other than cron for many types of tasks? Not everyone needs a distributed system to run a script periodically, they want to actually get things done. :)
- ori_b 4y ago> Why do you need to do the things like it's 1976? It was solved decades ago: in 1976. I don't understand why you feel like it wasn't.