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Cron creates vim process but does not display vim

Under MacOSX 10.8.2 I am able to run vim as follows in the bash shell: /usr/bin/vim -c "normal G" -c 'startinsert' ~/.journal If I put the exact same command in a script: #! /bin/bash export ...
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Check for process already running in webfaction?

I use Django framework on webfaction and have 5 different cron jobs. One of them lasts much longer than others and sometimes gets stuck (30-120 seconds or more). I have already set that cron job to ...
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stop parallel processing for a cron triggered process

I have configured my webservers cron jobs to trigger some php script, every 15min, but sometimes the script takes morethan 15 min to complete execution, by the time another process of the same script ...
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I need help with a cronjob to watch for runaway processes and kill them

I have an interesting situation, I have a runaway ruby process - I know exactly how I trigger it. Point is, it got me thinking about runaway processes (CPU usage or memory usage). How would one ...
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how to ensure a program is always running but without root access?

Currently I need to have a program running all the time, but when the server is rebooted I need to manually run the program. And sometimes I'm not available when that happens. I can't use a normal ...