""" AUTHOR: Khushal P Soonderji DATE: Saturday, 7th Jun., 2025 OBJECTIVE: To have a system where a single cron file can run on several servers and claim dibs on which instance gets to do the task. The idea is to have all the running cron scripts announce their availability to do the task and then one of them gets to do the actual task based on who announced its availability first. REFERENCES: N/A DOWNLOADS: N/A """ # ***************************************************************************************************************** # ***** **** # *** IMPORT *** # ***** **** # ***************************************************************************************************************** # System-level activities: import os import distro import socket import platform # For data-modelling: from pydantic import BaseModel, Field from typing import Any, Optional, List, Literal # To work with date and time: import datetime # ***************************************************************************************************************** # ***** **** # *** MACROS / ONE-TIME INIT *** # ***** **** # ***************************************************************************************************************** # --- Nothing Yet # ***************************************************************************************************************** # ***** **** # *** VARIABLES *** # ***** **** # ***************************************************************************************************************** # --- Nothing Yet # ***************************************************************************************************************** # ***** **** # *** CLASSES *** # ***** **** # ***************************************************************************************************************** # --- Nothing Yet # ***************************************************************************************************************** # ***** **** # *** FUNCTIONS *** # ***** **** # ***************************************************************************************************************** # --- Nothing Yet # ***************************************************************************************************************** # ***** **** # *** MAIN PROGRAM *** # ***** **** # ***************************************************************************************************************** if __name__ == "__main__": pass