sysutils/snooze 0.5_1 DragonFly

Snooze waits until a particular time and then runs a command. Together with a service supervision system such as runsv(8) (from sysutils/runit), this can be used to replace cron(8).

Benefits over cron(8):

• mnemonic syntax
• no overlapping job runs possible
• filtering by ISO week and day of year
• no centralized daemon required (no fuzzing with multiple users/permissions)
• can easily disable jobs or force their execution instantly
• have custom logs
• very robust with respect to external time changes
• can use a file timestamp to ensure minimum waiting time between two runs, even across reboots
• randomized delays
• variable slack
• ad-hoc usage possible, just run the program from command line