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Generally cron will launch two jobs in that time period. However you make a good point. If you need that level of concurrency protection cron isn't the right so
by gpapilion 14y ago
Generally cron will launch two jobs in that time period. However you make a good point. If you need that level of concurrency protection cron isn't the right solution.
- Ralith 14y agoNot at all. It's completely feasible to perform mutual exclusion in a cron script, just as it's completely feasible to make the same error you did in C. It's got next to nothing to do with the environment.