pavelpatrin / yastq

Simplest tasks queue written complitelly in Bash

Yet another the simplest tasks queue

1. the simplest task queue written on bash
2. every task is a bash command
3. tasks run in a parallel mode (you could hardcode quantity of parallel tasks or select it automatically with cores quantity)
4. it is possible to add success (exit code 0) and fail (exit code not 0) handlers for every task
5. it is possible to remove not started tasks

Installation

1. cd yastq
2. chmod u+rwX . -R && chmod g-rwx . -R && chmod o-rwx . -R
3. chmod u+x dashboard.sh tasksqueue.sh worker.sh
4. copy yastq.conf.sample to ~/.yastq.conf or to /etc/yastq.conf

Using

./dashboard.sh and see usage

Examples

Starting

./dashboard.sh start

Adding tasks

Simple adding of a new task

./dashboard.sh add-task \
task "/bin/sleep 5s && /bin/echo Hello, $(id -un) | /usr/bin/write $(id -un)"

Adding of a new task with status handlers

./dashboard.sh add-task \
task "/bin/sleep 5s && /bin/echo Hello again, $(id -un) | /usr/bin/write $(id -un)" \
success "echo Ok > /tmp/queuetest" \
fail "echo Fail > /tmp/queuetest"

./dashboard.sh add-task \
task "/bin/sleep 5s && /bin/echo Hello again, $(id -un) \!\!\! | /usr/bin/write $(id -un) && /bin/false" \
success "echo Ok > /tmp/queuetest" \
fail "echo Fail > /tmp/queuetest"

Checking status

./dashboard.sh status

Stopping

./dashboard.sh stop