diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c9bac58..14731c6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ ecron A lightweight/efficient cron-like job scheduling library for Erlang. +Ecron does not poll the system on a minute-by-minute basis like cron does. +Each job is assigned to a single process. +The time until it is to run next is calculated, and the process sleeps for exactly that long. + +This implementation prevents a lot of messages from flying around. + It offers: * Both cron-like scheduling and interval-based scheduling. diff --git a/src/ecron.app.src b/src/ecron.app.src index dae50ce..1382f79 100644 --- a/src/ecron.app.src +++ b/src/ecron.app.src @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ {application, ecron, - [{description, "Crontab Manager"}, + [{description, "cron-like job scheduling library"}, {vsn, "0.1.0"}, {registered, [ecron_sup]}, {mod, {ecron_app, []}}, @@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ ]}, {modules, []}, {licenses, ["Apache 2.0"]}, - {links, []} + {links, [{"Github", "https://github.com/zhongwencool/ecron"}]} ]}.