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Created February 13, 2014 16:27
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bash cron command
#!/bin/bash
# Makes sure we exit if flock fails.
set -e
(
# Wait for lock on /var/lock/.lockfile.lock (fd 200) for 10 seconds
flock -x -w 10 200
timeout 2h /command/to/run > /var/log/logfile 2>&1
) 200>/var/lock/.lockfile.lock
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