Cron and asynchronous task execution
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Attila Csipa
The web2py cron provides the ability for applications to execute tasks at preset times, in a platform independent manner (tested on Windows XP, Linux and MacOS X, but should work on any python 2.5 supported platform).
Cron functionality is defined by a crontab file (in regular crontab syntax) in your application's cron directory. This also means that every application can have a separate cron configuration and that cron config can be changed from within web2py without affecting the host OS itself.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
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- Priority:
- Undefined
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- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Attila Csipa
- Definition:
- Approved
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- Unknown
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