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Kermit the Frog
Kermit the Frog

Reputation: 3969

Why should I use a daemon instead of a cron job?

I want to send messages to users at a specific time (like 15 minutes after each event that a user puts in). Users can schedule events for any time/any day. Why should I use a daemon instead of a cron job? What are the pros and crons for cron job vs daemon?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3614

Answers (1)

jdennison
jdennison

Reputation: 2130

A daemon is for process that you wish to be constantly running. A wsgi server for example where incoming communications could come at anytime. A cron job is for batch jobs that should occur with some regular frequency.

This sounds like a cron job. You could set up a timer or a while loop to constantly run and dispatch messages every hour(what ever time you choose). however it is added complexity you do not need. make a script that runs in batch and call it at the regular interval you need.

Upvotes: 2

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