Jobs, subsystems and queues
How the system decides where a job runs, with how much memory and at what priority. This is the part you touch when something is slow.
Articles tagged #batch — 4 results
Scheduling a job for the last day of the month
Without working out how many days the month has, and without getting leap years wrong.
Sending mail from a CL program
The shortest command to notify someone when a batch finishes, with no API and nothing to install.
Managing batch jobs without losing your mind
Why one batch sits in the queue while the others run, and how to bring order to queues, subsystems and priorities without touching anything irreversible.