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+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * CLI task execution.
+ *
+ * @package    tool_task
+ * @copyright  2014 Petr Skoda
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+define('CLI_SCRIPT', true);
+
+require(__DIR__ . '/../../../../config.php');
+require_once("$CFG->libdir/clilib.php");
+require_once("$CFG->libdir/cronlib.php");
+
+list($options, $unrecognized) = cli_get_params(
+    array('help' => false, 'list' => false, 'execute' => false),
+    array('h' => 'help')
+);
+
+if ($unrecognized) {
+    $unrecognized = implode("\n  ", $unrecognized);
+    cli_error(get_string('cliunknowoption', 'admin', $unrecognized));
+}
+
+if ($options['help'] or (!$options['list'] and !$options['execute'])) {
+    $help =
+"Scheduled cron tasks.
+
+Options:
+--execute=\\\\some\\\\task  Execute scheduled task manually
+--list                List all scheduled tasks
+-h, --help            Print out this help
+
+Example:
+\$sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php admin/tool/task/cli/scheduled_task.php --execute=\\\\core\\\\task\\\\session_cleanup_task
+
+";
+
+    echo $help;
+    die;
+}
+
+if ($options['list']) {
+    cli_heading("List of scheduled tasks ($CFG->wwwroot)");
+
+    $shorttime = get_string('strftimedatetimeshort');
+
+    $tasks = \core\task\manager::get_all_scheduled_tasks();
+    foreach ($tasks as $task) {
+        $class = '\\' . get_class($task);
+        $schedule = $task->get_minute() . ' '
+            . $task->get_hour() . ' '
+            . $task->get_day() . ' '
+            . $task->get_day_of_week() . ' '
+            . $task->get_month() . ' '
+            . $task->get_day_of_week();
+        $nextrun = $task->get_next_run_time() ? userdate($task->get_next_run_time(), $shorttime) : 'asap';
+
+        echo str_pad($class, 50, ' ') . ' ' . str_pad($schedule, 17, ' ') . ' ' . $nextrun . "\n";
+    }
+    exit(0);
+}
+
+if ($execute = $options['execute']) {
+    if (!$task = \core\task\manager::get_scheduled_task($execute)) {
+        mtrace("Task '$execute' not found");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (moodle_needs_upgrading()) {
+        mtrace("Moodle upgrade pending, cannot execute tasks.");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    // Increase memory limit.
+    raise_memory_limit(MEMORY_EXTRA);
+
+    // Emulate normal session - we use admin account by default.
+    cron_setup_user();
+
+    $predbqueries = $DB->perf_get_queries();
+    $pretime = microtime(true);
+    try {
+        mtrace("Scheduled task: " . $task->get_name());
+        // NOTE: it would be tricky to move this code to \core\task\manager class,
+        //       because we want to do detailed error reporting.
+        $cronlockfactory = \core\lock\lock_config::get_lock_factory('cron');
+        if (!$cronlock = $cronlockfactory->get_lock('core_cron', 10)) {
+            mtrace('Cannot obtain cron lock');
+            exit(129);
+        }
+        if (!$lock = $cronlockfactory->get_lock('\\' . get_class($task), 10)) {
+            mtrace('Cannot obtain task lock');
+            exit(130);
+        }
+        $task->set_lock($lock);
+        if (!$task->is_blocking()) {
+            $cronlock->release();
+        } else {
+            $task->set_cron_lock($cronlock);
+        }
+        $task->execute();
+        if (isset($predbqueries)) {
+            mtrace("... used " . ($DB->perf_get_queries() - $predbqueries) . " dbqueries");
+            mtrace("... used " . (microtime(1) - $pretime) . " seconds");
+        }
+        mtrace("Task completed.");
+        \core\task\manager::scheduled_task_complete($task);
+        exit(0);
+    } catch (Exception $e) {
+        if ($DB->is_transaction_started()) {
+            $DB->force_transaction_rollback();
+        }
+        mtrace("... used " . ($DB->perf_get_queries() - $predbqueries) . " dbqueries");
+        mtrace("... used " . (microtime(true) - $pretime) . " seconds");
+        mtrace("Task failed: " . $e->getMessage());
+        \core\task\manager::scheduled_task_failed($task);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+}