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jobber examples: appending tasks

These examples show how tasks can be added/appended to the task queue. In principle this comprises two steps: task must be added to the task list and the task queue needs to be updated accordingly.

  • The append action combines both steps. Tasks to be added are read from stdin.
  • The refresh action must be employed if the task list was extended by means outside jobber.
  • In both examples the command shows the updated task list and the todo action is used to demonstrate the extension the queue.

append

shell$ cat task.list
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 1 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 2 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 3 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 4 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 5 ###'
shell$ jobber task.list init
[2022-04-04T17:45:15] appended 5 tasks
shell$ jobber task.list 3
[2022-04-04T17:45:15] 1.1 task.worker: sleep 1; echo '### this is task 1 ###'
### this is task 1 ###
[2022-04-04T17:45:16] 1.1 exit status: 0
[2022-04-04T17:45:16] 2.2 task.worker: sleep 1; echo '### this is task 2 ###'
### this is task 2 ###
[2022-04-04T17:45:17] 2.2 exit status: 0
[2022-04-04T17:45:17] 3.3 task.worker: sleep 1; echo '### this is task 3 ###'
### this is task 3 ###
[2022-04-04T17:45:18] 3.3 exit status: 0
shell$ jobber task.list todo
2
shell$ echo "sleep 1; echo 'this is 1 more task'" | jobber task.list append
[2022-04-04T17:45:18] appended 1 tasks
shell$ cat task.list
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 1 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 2 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 3 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 4 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 5 ###'
sleep 1; echo 'this is 1 more task'
shell$ jobber task.list todo
3
shell$

refresh

shell$ cat task.list
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 1 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 2 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 3 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 4 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 5 ###'
shell$ jobber task.list init
[2022-04-04T17:46:00] appended 5 tasks
shell$ jobber task.list 3
[2022-04-04T17:46:00] 1.1 task.worker: sleep 1; echo '### this is task 1 ###'
### this is task 1 ###
[2022-04-04T17:46:01] 1.1 exit status: 0
[2022-04-04T17:46:01] 2.2 task.worker: sleep 1; echo '### this is task 2 ###'
### this is task 2 ###
[2022-04-04T17:46:02] 2.2 exit status: 0
[2022-04-04T17:46:02] 3.3 task.worker: sleep 1; echo '### this is task 3 ###'
### this is task 3 ###
[2022-04-04T17:46:03] 3.3 exit status: 0
shell$ jobber task.list todo
2
shell$ echo "sleep 1; echo 'this is 1 more task'" >> task.list
shell$ cat task.list
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 1 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 2 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 3 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 4 ###'
sleep 1; echo '### this is task 5 ###'
sleep 1; echo 'this is 1 more task'
shell$ jobber task.list todo
2
shell$ jobber task.list refresh
[2022-04-04T17:46:03] appended 1 tasks
shell$ jobber task.list todo
3
shell$