I have two scripts to run backup task, one is for full backup, another one is for incremental backup. I want to run full backup at specific time every day, and run incremental backup every 10 mins after that specific time. How can I use cron job doing this one?
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What time does the backup job start ? What time does the backup job finish ? Can you guarantee that it will finish at that time every day ? Can you guarantee that the incrementals will always take less than 10 minutes ? – user9517 Oct 11 '15 at 14:46
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I can not guarantee, but my script is able to deal with this problem. – technoob Oct 11 '15 at 14:47
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I think that answers one of my questions, what about the others. Additional question: Can your script handle being called if it is already running ? – user9517 Oct 11 '15 at 14:51
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Yes, it will check the existence of previous running script, if the previous script is still running, the script will skip. – technoob Oct 11 '15 at 14:59
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Just run your job every 10 minutes then and have it decide if it should run a full backup or an incremental. – user9517 Oct 11 '15 at 15:07
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I've configured cron job for testing, hope to see good results tomorrow – technoob Oct 11 '15 at 15:09