Re: avoiding periodic(8) during long poudriere runs
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Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 22:09:21 UTC
lockf(1) can be used at the beginning of a script: lockf -t 60 /tmp/mylockfile /root/bin/myscript and then when you're running poudriere, lockf /tmp/mylockfile poudriere <other args> On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 4:57 PM void <void@f-m.fm> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 09:46:43PM +0100, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > > >I don't know about any generic way, but you can put some shell code into > >/etc/periodic.conf to exit if load is too high > > > >Just a quick and dirty example, exit if 5 minutes avg is higher than 1.1: > > > >avg5load=$(top | awk '/load averages:/ { load=$7+0; if (load > 1.1) { > >print "HIGH" } }') > >echo $avg5load > >if [ "$avg5load" = "HIGH" ]; then > > echo "CPU load is too high" > > exit 5 > >fi > > Many thanks for this. I didn't know one could put scripting into > periodic.conf! > > -- > >