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https://github.com/ciel-lang/cl-cron

A simple tool that provides cron like facilities directly inside of common lisp.
https://github.com/ciel-lang/cl-cron

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# cl-cron

A simple tool that provides cron like facilities directly inside of common lisp.

a fork of https://bitbucket.org/mackram/cl-cron (unavailable)

Install with Quicklisp:

(ql:quickload "cl-cron")

Note: Quicklisp points to this repository since the release of October, 2021.

Example:

Print a message every minute.

~~~lisp
(defun say-hi ()
(print "Hi!"))

(cl-cron:make-cron-job #'say-hi)
(cl-cron:start-cron)
~~~

Wait a minute to see output.

Stop all jobs with `stop-cron`.

## API

```lisp
(make-cron-job function-symbol &key (minute :every) (step-min 1) (hour :every) (step-hour 1) (day-of-month :every)

(delete-cron-job cron-key)

(time-to-run-job job)

start-cron

restart-cron

stop-cron
```

Example:

~~~lisp
(cl-cron:make-cron-job
(lambda ()
(format t "Wake Up!~%"))

;; Days of week are numbered from 0,
;; where 0 is Monday.
;; Run every Sunday:
:day-of-week 6
:hour 10
:minute 0
;; hash-key is the name
:hash-key :sunday-alarm)

(cl-cron:delete-cron-job
:sunday-alarm)
~~~

https://40ants.com/lisp-project-of-the-day/2020/06/0087-cl-cron.html

## Changelog

- 2020-10-13: we added a name to the cl-cron thread.

Licence: GPL