guix/gnu/home/services/mcron.scm

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(define-module (gnu home services mcron)
  #:use-module (gnu home services)
  #:use-module (gnu home services shepherd)
  #:use-module (gnu services mcron)               ;for the service mapping
  #:export (home-mcron-configuration
            home-mcron-service-type))

;;; Commentary:
;;
;; Service for the GNU mcron cron job manager.
;;
;; Example configuration, the first job runs mbsync once every ten
;; minutes, the second one writes "Mcron service" to ~/mcron-file once
;; every minute.
;;
;; (service home-mcron-service-type
;;            (home-mcron-configuration
;;             (jobs (list #~(job '(next-minute
;;                                  (range 0 60 10))
;;                                (lambda ()
;;                                  (system* "mbsync" "--all")))
;;                         #~(job next-minute-from
;;                                (lambda ()
;;                                  (call-with-output-file (string-append (getenv "HOME")
;;                                                                        "/mcron-file")
;;                                    (lambda (port)
;;                                      (display "Mcron service" port)))))))))
;;
;;; Code:

(define-syntax-rule (home-mcron-configuration fields ...)
  ;; Macro provided for backward compatibility.
  (for-home (mcron-configuration fields ...)))

(define home-mcron-service-type
  (service-type
   (inherit (system->home-service-type mcron-service-type))
   (default-value (for-home (mcron-configuration)))))

(define-service-type-mapping
  mcron-service-type => home-mcron-service-type)

;;; mcron.scm ends here