Cronjob as alternative to service

[proffapt]

Implement mftp as a cronjob along with a continuously running service in infinite loop.

Basic idea

• mftp cronjob disable
• mftp cronjob enable
• mftp cronjob enable 30

Why this? and Why not only this?

Cronjob will be best for:

• Internal Servers.. not requiring OTP for login
• Small devices like rpis.. limited in resources

Service will be best for:

• External Servers.. requiring OTP for login
• Having enough resources

[lakshz]

Hi @proffapt, I can work on this.

[proffapt]

Great, then let me know if you need some kind of help

[lakshz]

@proffapt , needed some clarity on this. This is what I've understood:
Currently, the mftp.py script runs on an infinite loop and continuously monitors the CDC noticeboard. For cronjob, instead of an infinite loop, I just need to send new notices after a scheduled time. So, I'll remove that infinite loop in a new script and add a bash script to create a crontab.

Is this flow correct, on high level?

[proffapt]

mftp-as-a-service.sh

1. Will have those cronjob comamnds:
   mftp cronjob enable..
2. Another file will be created without infinite loop
3. That file will be added into cronjob, there will be default time of 2 mins if the user doesn't provide

[lakshz]

got it thanks :)