Hugo • 11/12/2024

Snooze: a simpler cron

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This article details 'snooze', a simple command-line tool for scheduling tasks. It explains how snooze parses a schedule, sleeps until the specified time, executes a command, and exits, contrasting its user-space, privilege-free design with traditional cron daemons. The post covers its operation, minimal usage, and suitability for desktop systems and containers.

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