safe-to-rerunscript
adjectiveUK /seɪf tə riːˈrʌn skrɪpt/
US /seɪf tə riˈrʌn skrɪpt/
A safe-to-rerun script is a computer program you can run again and again without breaking anything.
The teacher said the safe-to-rerunscript would not mess up our files if we clicked it twice.
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2. A script designed so that running it multiple times gives the same result as running it once.
Because the backup job is a safe-to-rerunscript, the nightly schedule never creates duplicate files.
3. A program that checks before it acts, so a second run does not cause errors.
The installer is a safe-to-rerunscript, so it skips steps that are already finished.
4. A task that can be restarted after a failure without cleaning up by hand.
Our deployment tool is a safe-to-rerunscript, which saved us when the network dropped midway.