guix/gnu/services/mcron.scm

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(define-module (gnu services mcron)
  #:use-module (gnu services)
  #:use-module (gnu services shepherd)
  #:use-module (gnu packages guile-xyz)
  #:use-module (guix deprecation)
  #:use-module (guix records)
  #:use-module (guix gexp)
  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
  #:use-module (ice-9 vlist)
  #:export (mcron-configuration
            mcron-configuration?
            mcron-configuration-mcron
            mcron-configuration-jobs

            mcron-service-type
            mcron-service))

;;; Commentary:
;;;
;;; This module implements a service that to run instances of GNU mcron, a
;;; periodic job execution daemon.  Example of a service:
;;
;;  (service mcron-service-type
;;           (mcron-configuration
;;            (jobs (list #~(job next-second-from
;;                               (lambda ()
;;                                 (call-with-output-file "/dev/console"
;;                                   (lambda (port)
;;                                     (display "hello!\n" port)))))))))
;;;
;;; Code:

(define-record-type* <mcron-configuration> mcron-configuration
  make-mcron-configuration
  mcron-configuration?
  (mcron             mcron-configuration-mcron    ;package
                     (default mcron))
  (jobs              mcron-configuration-jobs     ;list of <mcron-job>
                     (default '())))

(define (job-file job)
  (scheme-file "mcron-job" job))

(define (shepherd-schedule-action mcron files)
  "Return a Shepherd action that runs MCRON with '--schedule' for the given
files."
  (shepherd-action
   (name 'schedule)
   (documentation
    "Display jobs that are going to be scheduled.")
   (procedure
    #~(lambda* (_ #:optional (n "5"))
        ;; XXX: This is a global side effect.
        (setenv "GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE" "0")

        ;; Run 'mcron' in a pipe so we can explicitly redirect its output to
        ;; 'current-output-port', which at this stage is bound to the client
        ;; connection.
        (let ((pipe (open-pipe* OPEN_READ
                                #$(file-append mcron "/bin/mcron")
                                (string-append "--schedule=" n)
                                #$@files)))
          (let loop ()
            (match (read-line pipe 'concat)
              ((? eof-object?)
               (catch 'system-error
                 (lambda ()
                   (zero? (close-pipe pipe)))
                 (lambda args
                   ;; There's a race with the SIGCHLD handler, which
                   ;; could call 'waitpid' before 'close-pipe' above does.  If
                   ;; we get ECHILD, that means we lost the race, but that's
                   ;; fine.
                   (or (= ECHILD (system-error-errno args))
                       (apply throw args)))))
              (line
               (display line)
               (loop)))))))))

(define mcron-shepherd-services
  (match-lambda
    (($ <mcron-configuration> mcron ())           ;nothing to do!
     '())
    (($ <mcron-configuration> mcron jobs)
     (let ((files (map job-file jobs)))
       (list (shepherd-service
              (provision '(mcron))
              (requirement '(user-processes))
              (modules `((srfi srfi-1)
                         (srfi srfi-26)
                         (ice-9 popen)            ;for the 'schedule' action
                         (ice-9 rdelim)
                         (ice-9 match)
                         ,@%default-modules))
              (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
                        (list (string-append #$mcron "/bin/mcron") #$@files)

                        ;; Disable auto-compilation of the job files and set a
                        ;; sane value for 'PATH'.
                        #:environment-variables
                        (cons* "GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0"
                               "PATH=/run/current-system/profile/bin"
                               (remove (cut string-prefix? "PATH=" <>)
                                       (environ)))

                        #:log-file "/var/log/mcron.log"))
              (stop #~(make-kill-destructor))

              (actions
               (list (shepherd-schedule-action mcron files)))))))))

(define mcron-service-type
  (service-type (name 'mcron)
                (description
                 "Run the mcron job scheduling daemon.")
                (extensions
                 (list (service-extension shepherd-root-service-type
                                          mcron-shepherd-services)
                       (service-extension profile-service-type
                                          (compose list
                                                   mcron-configuration-mcron))))
                (compose concatenate)
                (extend (lambda (config jobs)
                          (mcron-configuration
                           (inherit config)
                           (jobs (append (mcron-configuration-jobs config)
                                         jobs)))))
                (default-value (mcron-configuration)))) ;empty job list

(define-deprecated (mcron-service jobs #:optional (mcron mcron))
  mcron-service-type
  "Return an mcron service running @var{mcron} that schedules @var{jobs}, a
list of gexps denoting mcron job specifications.

This is a shorthand for:
@example
  (service mcron-service-type
           (mcron-configuration (mcron mcron) (jobs jobs)))
@end example
"
  (service mcron-service-type
           (mcron-configuration (mcron mcron) (jobs jobs))))

;;; mcron.scm ends here