Overview

elvoke either runs or postpones a command, depending on how much time elapsed from the last successful run.

$ elvoke --help
Usage: elvoke [OPTIONS] -- COMMAND [ARGS...]

Options:
  -i, --id IDENT      identifier to distinguish between different commands
  -f, --file FILE     stamp file (default: ~/.cache/elvoke/IDENT.stamp)
  -t, --interval INT  minimum interval between invocations of the same command:
                        Nd = N days
                        Nh = N hours
                        Nm = N minutes
                        Ns = N seconds
                      (default: 1 hour)
  --fail-on-postpone  exit with non-zero code when postponing
  --debug             print debug information
  -h, -?, --help      show this help message and exit
  --version           show version information and exit

Prerequisites

• Perl ≥ 5.10