freebsd.md

FreeBSD Installation and Setup

Dependencies

pkg install cmake boost-all sqlite3

Build

git clone https://github.com/homer6/frequent-cron.git
cd frequent-cron
cmake .
make -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
make test
make install

Running Directly

frequent-cron run --frequency=1000 --command="/path/to/your/script.sh" --pid-file=/var/run/frequent-cron.pid

Managing Services

# Register a service (also creates an rc.d script)
frequent-cron install myservice --frequency=1000 --command="/path/to/script.sh"

# This creates: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/frequent_cron_myservice
# And enables it in rc.conf via sysrc

# Start/stop/status
frequent-cron start myservice
frequent-cron status
frequent-cron stop myservice

# View logs
frequent-cron logs myservice

# Remove (also removes the rc.d script)
frequent-cron remove myservice

Manual rc.d Setup

If you prefer to manage the rc.d script yourself:

1. Create /usr/local/etc/rc.d/frequent_cron_myservice:

   #!/bin/sh
   #
   # PROVIDE: frequent_cron_myservice
   # REQUIRE: DAEMON
   # KEYWORD: shutdown
   
   . /etc/rc.subr
   
   name="frequent_cron_myservice"
   rcvar="frequent_cron_myservice_enable"
   pidfile="/var/run/frequent-cron-myservice.pid"
   command="/usr/local/bin/frequent-cron"
   command_args="run --frequency=1000 --command='/path/to/script.sh' --pid-file=/var/run/frequent-cron-myservice.pid"
   
   load_rc_config $name
   run_rc_command "$1"

2. Enable and start:

   chmod +x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/frequent_cron_myservice
   sysrc frequent_cron_myservice_enable=YES
   service frequent_cron_myservice start

3. To stop:

   service frequent_cron_myservice stop