Re: Creating a randomized cron entry
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Florian Weimer wrote:
> I'd like to create a cron entry which is run once a day, at some
> random time. This is necessary because the cron entry will result in
> a request over the network, and I want to avoid that all hosts in a
> time zone pound the server at the same time.
Why not just something like:
0 0 * * * at now + $(( $RANDOM \% 1440 )) minutes [...]
Don Armstrong
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