Re: Scheduling sequential systemd tasks

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On Wednesday, July 21, 2021 2:29:00 PM EDT John W. Himpel wrote:
> I would like to run a task (TASKA) that updates some files at a
> specified time each day.  I already can do that successfully using
> systemd timers and services.  Upon completion of TASKA, I want to
> run TASKB with is an rsync command to propagate any file changes
> made in TASK A to other hosts.  TASKA may run quickly or slowly, so
> I don't want to use a timer for TASKB, rather I want TASKB to
> execute upon the completion of TASKA.
>
> I can't seem to find the proper set of systemd options to set in the
> service file for TASKB to cause it to run upon completion of TASKA.

> Suggestions are welcome.

Probably the easiest way is to specify Type=oneshot and supply two
ExecStart= directives.  The second will be executed *after* the first
one exits *successfully*.

This is analogous to

    ... /usr/bin/taska && /usr/bin/taskb

inside a crontab entry.

-- 
Garry T. Williams


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