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Jenkins is an award-winning application that monitors executions
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of repeated jobs, such as building a software project or jobs run
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by cron. Among those things, current Jenkins focuses on the following
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two jobs:
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1. Building/testing software projects continuously, just like
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CruiseControl or DamageControl. In a nutshell, Jenkins provides an
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easy-to-use so-called continuous integration system, making it
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easier for developers to integrate changes to the project, and
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making it easier for users to obtain a fresh build. The automated,
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continuous build increases the productivity.
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2. Monitoring executions of externally-run jobs, such as cron jobs
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and procmail jobs, even those that are run on a remote machine.
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For example, with cron, all you receive is regular e-mails that
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capture the output, and it is up to you to look at them diligently
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and notice when it broke. Jenkins keeps those outputs and makes it
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easy for you to notice when something is wrong.
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