Updated Approach to Scheduling

Dockerfile

@@ -2,17 +2,13 @@ FROM ubuntu:latest
 
 # Install necessary packages
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y git curl cron rsync
+    apt-get install -y git curl rsync
 
-# Add script and cronjob
+# Add script
 COPY repo_watcher.sh /root/Repo_Watcher/repo_watcher.sh
-COPY crontab.txt /crontab.txt
 
 # Make script executable
 RUN chmod +x /root/Repo_Watcher/repo_watcher.sh
 
-# Apply cron job
+# Start script
-RUN crontab /crontab.txt
+CMD ["/bin/bash", "-c", "/root/Repo_Watcher/repo_watcher.sh"]
-
-# Start cron in foreground
-CMD ["cron", "-f"]

README.md

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-**Basic Docker Run Command**:
-```
-docker run -e REPO_URL='https://your.git.repo.url' -e COPY_DIR='/your/copy/dir' -e NTFY_URL='https://your.ntfy.url' -e GIT_USERNAME='your_username' -e GIT_PASSWORD='your_password' git_repo_updater
-```

crontab.txt

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-* * * * * /bin/bash /root/Repo_Watcher/repo_watcher.sh

repo_watcher.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+while true; do
+
   # Fetch environment variables
   repo_url=$REPO_URL
   copy_dir=$COPY_DIR
@@ -43,3 +45,8 @@ elif [ $REMOTE = $BASE ]; then
   else
       echo "Data diverged"
   fi
+
+  # Wait for 5 seconds before the next iteration
+  sleep 5
+
+done