runat 0.1.1

Cli like cron, to run task a specific time

Cronlike cli :)

runat

Tiny replacement for crontab

Use Case/Note

• Run it inside container 🥚.
• Your crontab is broken 🐛.
• For security compliance 🔒.
• Anything you mayneed 🚑.

Install

pip install runat

Notes

• Crontab running on your timezone, if you want to use UTC pass arg --utc

Option

> runat --help
usage: main.py [-h] --cron CRON --do DO [--utc]

tiny replacement cron for different usages

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --cron CRON, -c CRON  cron like syntax "22 23 * * *"
  --do DO, -d DO        list of command or shell script
  --utc, -u             Use UTC time

Useages

runat --cron "01 23 * * *"  --do "cd /srv/;bash cleanTemp.sh | tee  -a /var/log/cleanTemp.log"

#To use UTC time
runat --cron "01 23 * * *"  --do "cd /srv/;bash cleanTemp.sh | tee  -a /var/log/cleanTemp.log" --utc
> The next run  in 1.0 hour, 54.0 minutes, 44.0 seconds

Exmaple output:

runat --cron "01 23 * * *"  --do "cd /srv/;bash cleanTemp.sh | tee  -a /var/log/cleanTemp.log"
> The next run  in 23.0 hours, 59.0 minutes, 56.0 seconds

Installation using pypi

pip install runat

Installation

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

$ pip install setup.py

Development

This project includes a number of helpers in the Makefile to streamline common development tasks.

Environment Setup

The following demonstrates setting up and working with a development environment:

### create a virtualenv for development

$ make virtualenv

$ source env/bin/activate


### run runat cli application

$ runat --help


## Deployments

### Docker

#### Note
If you want to work on local file you should mount it to the container using `-v`

Included is a basic `Dockerfile` for building and distributing `runat `,
and can be built with the included `make` helper:

$ make docker

$ docker run -it runat --help

License
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 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

Author Information
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The tool was originally developed by [Ali Saleh Baker](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alivx/).