Cronjob in batch mode?

[Helmut2509]

In one of my XenForo-AddOns I implemented a cronjob, which runs more than one hour.
the sysadmin told me, that for technical reasons such a job has to run in batch mode.
any idea how this can be achieved?

 

[AndyB]

Can you describe the problem in more detail.

 

[Helmut2509]

Can you describe the problem in more detail.

Normally a XenForo cronjob runs as a web application , but according to my sysadmin there are some serious drawbacks when such a job runs for a long time. So the job has to run in batch mode.

 

[Adrian Schneider]

If a cron job runs for an hour, it shouldn't be a cron job. Either break it into smaller, more frequent jobs, or have it running as a daemon properly.

If you insist on running it periodically through XenForo, you could always spin up a new process to do it. Something like...

exec('php your_file.php &');

 

[AndyB]

when such a job runs for a long time.

Please indicate what you mean by "long time".