Exponential schedule

Wait exponentially more time between attempts, using the following formula:

<multiplier> * (<base> ^ <attempts>)

The attempt counter starts at 0, so the first wait is is for <multiplier> seconds.

Specifying durations

Durations in attempt can include units, such as 5min. Durations without units are assumed to be in seconds.

The following units are supported:

• Hours (h or hr)
• Minutes (m or min)
• Seconds (s)
• Milliseconds (ms)
• Nanoseconds (ns)

Multiple units can be used together such as 1hr 30m.

Example

attempt exponential /bin/false
attempt exp /bin/false

# Change the multiplier from the default of 1s to 2s
attempt exponential -x 2s /bin/false
attempt exponential --multiplier 2s /bin/false

# Change the exponential base from the default of 2 to 5
attempt exponential -b 5 /bin/false
attempt exponential --base 5 /bin/false

Arguments

-b --base <BASE>

The base of the exponential function. The default is 2, corresponding to doubling the wait time between attempts.

-x --multipler <MULTIPLIER>

Scale of the exponential function. The default is 1.