When the previous run has not finished
Stopping two runs of the same scheduled job from colliding, with flock or with the singleton a systemd timer already gives you.
22 minutesTechnical content last reviewed on 3 Aug 2026
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What this lesson builds
- Writing a scheduled script you can rely on
- Running a service under systemd, from first start to automatic recovery