• gomp@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    I’d recommend learning/using systemd timers instead (well, if you are on inux and your distro uses systems)

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        2 months ago

        You can use OnFailure in your .service file if you want some specific thing to happen when that specific service fails, but I don’t know if there’s a blanket way to tell systemd to notify via email when any failure happens (I wouldn’t mind a desktop notification… will investigate)

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          2 months ago

          When I checked a long time ago, there wasn’t.

          And not only failures, often it’s useful to get mail for all executions.

          I guess cron continues to have its place.