[systemd-devel] Dynamic .timer scheduling

[Johannes Ernst]

Is there a best practice for scheduling .timers based on what happened in a previous run?

Pseudocode:

while( true ) :
    delta = runService();
    sleep( delta );

I can think of …

1) run the job frequently, but skip the bulk of its execution most of the time (e.g. decrementing a counter saved somewhere)
2) have the job modify the .timer file at the end of each run (sounds … not so great)

There isn’t anything systemd “native” for that, right?

Thanks,




Johannes.