-K allows to specify which apps to cron, thanks Jonathan

gluon/widget.py

@@ -911,14 +911,6 @@ def start(cron=True):
         test(options.test, verbose=options.verbose)
         return
 
-    # ## if -K
-    if options.scheduler:
-        try:
-            start_schedulers(options)
-        except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            pass
-        return
-
     # ## if -S start interactive shell (also no cron)
     if options.shell:
         if not options.args is None:
@@ -928,21 +920,35 @@ def start(cron=True):
         return
 
     # ## if -C start cron run (extcron) and exit
-    # ## if -N or not cron disable cron in this *process*
-    # ## if --softcron use softcron
-    # ## use hardcron in all other cases
+    # ##    -K specifies optional apps list (overloading scheduler)
     if options.extcron:
-        print 'Starting extcron...'
+        logger.debug('Starting extcron...')
         global_settings.web2py_crontype = 'external'
-        extcron = newcron.extcron(options.folder)
+        if options.scheduler:   # -K
+            apps = [app.strip() for app in options.scheduler.split(',')]
+        else:
+            apps = None
+        extcron = newcron.extcron(options.folder, apps=apps)
         extcron.start()
         extcron.join()
         return
-    elif cron and not options.nocron and options.softcron:
+
+    # ## if -K
+    if options.scheduler:
+        try:
+            start_schedulers(options)
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            pass
+        return
+
+    # ## if -N or not cron disable cron in this *process*
+    # ## if --softcron use softcron
+    # ## use hardcron in all other cases
+    if cron and not options.nocron and options.softcron:
         print 'Using softcron (but this is not very efficient)'
         global_settings.web2py_crontype = 'soft'
     elif cron and not options.nocron:
-        print 'Starting hardcron...'
+        logger.debug('Starting hardcron...')
         global_settings.web2py_crontype = 'hard'
         newcron.hardcron(options.folder).start()