Godjs overlooks your node processes and starts/stops them on set times every day.
The idea came from the more impressive rubygem, [God] (https://github.com/mojombo/god). But since I didn't need much of its functionality and also wanted to learn node.js in the process, I decided to build my own, leaner version of God.
After installing node.js, create a JSON file containing your tasks:
> /example/tasks.json
[
{
"name" : "fuck w moses",
"start" : "2300",
"stop" : "2330",
"path" : "/path/to/example_script.js",
"args" : [],
"logPath" : "/path/to/example_log.log"
}
]When all set, fire up Godjs: $ node god.js /example/tasks.json and example_script.js will run every day from 11pm to 1130pm.
It is recommended that you monitor your God (in case it crashes/computer restarts).
This can be done with an init.d script or a cron job like this:
(crontab -l ; echo "* * * * * god.js <path_to_tasks.json>")| crontab - which will religiously check on your God every minute to make sure he's alive.