Re: avoiding periodic(8) during long poudriere runs

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!
>
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>
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