RE: [Pyatcron-devel-list] Cron and the "*/45" entry

[Childers, Matthew]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julien Olivier [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:24 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Pyatcron-devel-list] Cron and the "*/45" entry
> 
> > Hmm, not re-think, but get back to the first idea I guess, having
list
> of integers as parameters.
> >
> 
> Well, we'll have to revert to int arrays _and_ re-think the GUI :)
> 
> > Explanation: I went through the way Cron works, and in fact, for
each
> time/date entry, it builds internally a list of "true" value. In other
> words, looking at the minute fields for example, Cron builds
internally a
> list of minute value when the task is allowed to run.
> >
> > The "*", "nn-mm" or the "X/nn" representations are made to be human
> readable, but when Cron parse the crontab files, it builds list of
values.
> >
> 
> That's what I had understood after some tests.
> 
> > The "*" becomes "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,...56,57,58,59", "20-25"
becomes
> "20,21,22,23,24,25" and finally, "*/22" which means every minutes from
0
> with an increment step of 22 becomes "0,22,44"; This is really not
> "execute every 22 minutes" but "build a list of values from 0 to 59
with
> an increment step of 22 and use this list as true values for the
minute
> field".
> >
> > So, in conclusion, if everyone agrees, I would like to fall back to
list
> of integers for the get/set functions of the Scheduler. Then, the role
of
> the GUI will be to map human suitable graphical objects with list of
> values.
> >
> 
> The GUI is where the real problem is, I fear. Not that there is no
> solution, but we will have to find a nice UI, not too cluttered, and
> that's not easy.
> 
> Basically, I think the choices should be:
> 
>  1) Run the task once at a given date and time
>  2) Run the task every seconds
>  3) Run the task every minutes
>  4) Run the task every hours
>  5) Run the task every days of a month at a given time
>  6) Run the task every weeks at a given week day, and at a given time
>  7) Run the task every months at a given day, and at a given time
>  8) Run the task every months at a given week, a given week day, and a
> given times (for example, the last friday of each month at 5 PM).
>  9) Run the task every years, at a given date and time (for example,
> each XMas at midnight).
> 10) Run the task every years, at a given month, a given week, a given
> week day and a given time (for example, the first monday of each year
at
> 8 AM).
> 
> 2) and 3) could even be removed, as I don't why you would need them...
> 
> If anyone sees another use-case, let me know ?
> 
> My proposition of a GUI would be:
> 
>  - first, you choose between those 10 options (2 and 3 could be
removed
> and some might grouped together, like 7 with 8 or 9 with 10, resulting
> in 6 options).
>  - then, you configure it, by selecting the day, week day, time etc...
> depending on the option chosen.
> 
> What do you think of that ?
> 


What if we did something like a "Run the task every __ [drop down]" and
in the drop down give the choice of Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, and
Months.  Then based on what they have chosen in the drop down, present a
different set of options to fine tune that schedule.  For example if
they have chosen every 3 minutes, then we could show them a Between
__:__ and __:__.  Just an example.  We could the options they see based
on what they select from the drop down.  What do you all think?