Questions tagged [cron]
cron is a task scheduler based on clock time that runs on Linux-based machines.
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How to schedule a Job for every 1st Tuesday of the Month on Google Cloud Scheduler [migrated]
I'm trying to schedule a pre-determined function using an http response on Google Cloud Scheduler. I'm having issues scheduling the event for the proper time though.
What I have currently is 30 10 ? ...
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Docker image with python and crontab
I am trying run a docker container with python code and crontab (scheduler)
below is my script:
Docker file
FROM ubuntu:latest
MAINTAINER docker@ekito.fr
RUN apt-get update && apt-get ...
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How to change my cron job to auto update the geolite2?
A Prestashop e-commerce website is using MaxMind's GeoLite2-City database for country blocking. Instead of geoipupdate it uses this cron command to keep that database up to date:
/usr/bin/curl -L --...
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Make directories last modified time match contained files last modified time
I have Pop!_OS 19.10 and use the default file explorer. I used to run macOS and whenever I'd add a file to a folder, the folder's last modified time would update to show the date when I added a file. ...
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Cron jobs not running on Kubernetes + Alpine linux
I am trying to run a cron job on Alpine Linux docker image which is then pushed in Kubernetes container. The Cron job is that I want the container to restart itself after every 15 mins. So my command ...
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Cron call to script giving errors, while executing script normally doesn't
I have been having problems with executing a script every second with Cron.
This is in my cron file:
* * * * * /var/webconfig/test.sh
and this in my test.sh :
#!/bin/bash
cd /root/python-example ...
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cron output sent by mail instead of to file
On Debian 9.11 I added this to root's crontab:
* * * * * echo $PATH &> /root/TMP.log
I expected PATH to be written to the file, but the result is an empty TMP.log and the output sent to root ...
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fstab configuration: How to run automatic fsck scan on external harddrive at boot and automate backup to external hard drive
I have an external hard drive (type ext4) to which I make a daily backup of my /home folder and postgresql database via an anacron script. I have run into two problems:
1.) When the computer (Ubuntu ...
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Will anacron backup interfere with automatic fsck diskcheck on Ubuntu 18.04
I have a general question. I have a backup scheduled every day to back up my home folder and postgresql database to an external hard drive (file type ext4). The mount point of my external hard drive ...
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mac screenshot crontab only got desktop
I have a little crontab code that takes a screenshot of my mac every 15 mins, as a diary thing to help me with all the administrative works. It has been working fine for a few years now but recently ...
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What's calling my shell scripts?
i've been given the task to have a pals server download a news audio file at 4 given times over the weekend and put them into his webs audio directory.
Don't stone me, here's what i came up with:
#/...
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permissions issue when running rsync via crontab
I'm using rsync to backup directories on my local machine to a remote server. I have SSH key-based access set up and working for my user, so when I run the command:
rsync --update -razvP --progress ~/...
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Restart ea-tomcat85 from crontab
I have written a script to restart tomcat service
# timestamp
ts=`date +%m-%d-%Y_%H:%M:%S`
echo "$ts: Restarting ea-tomcat85..." &>> /home/account_name/restartservice.log
ubic restart ea-...
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How to register a ban on freezing tabs in the extension for Google Chrome?
Good afternoon, I came across a problem: you need to create several php-workers who will listen to the RabbitMQ queue server.
Googled 4 options for implementing the task:
Cron with a preliminary ...
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Ubuntu Shell: Use cron to run 3 scripts consecutively, second must remain running in the background
I've come across the following scenario in one of the servers I recently have to manage. Its an Ubuntu used as a music streaming server, the music must be changed according to an schedule but the last ...
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I am getting an error trying to get cron to run on/against a docker container. Anything I am missing?
I followed this guide on my unRAID server within my docker container (siwatinc/ubuntu-playground) and got it to work successfully.
I installed cron on a docker image called UbuntuPlayground and all ...
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How to setup a conditional cron job in raspbian
If (SYSTEM_IP != SOME_IP)
sudo openvpn client.ovpn
ELSE
exit
Frequency - every 5 minutes
To be executed in a linux shell
I need this task as my raspberry pi may lose the internet ...
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Renewing Certbot LetsEncrypt WILDCARD Certificates in Cron
I've been searching for a good solution to renew WILDCARD certificates from LetsEncrypt.
Its easy to set up a wildcard certificate:
Apache Debian 9 Stretch:
sudo apt-get install certbot python-...
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How to delete a file owned by different user using a bash script?
I have a bash script that should remove a file from /tmp. Problem: the file is created my user mysql during SELECT INTO OUTFILE export. Thus the script-running user does not own the file.
Still, how ...
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Linux - run script every 5 mins as long as user is logged in
I need to run a script when a user logs in and need to run the script every 5 minutes as long as the user is logged in. Script should run within the users security context and should stop running when ...
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How do I let my server turn itself off and on with cron when it uses an lvm encrypted disk?
I once had a ubuntu server set up (a minecraft gameserver for my little brother) and to save on electricity and to not make so much noise, it shut itself down in the evening and then turned back on in ...
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Pg_dump and rsync backup script not working in anacron
I have two sh scripts called Z-backup and lb. Z-backup is a script that I have placed in cron.daily so it is run as an anacron job and calls the lb script. The content of the Z-backup script is:
#!/...
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docker container run --stop-timeout will not kill the container
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I need to run periodically (1 min) a script which is run through a docker container, and to ensure that the script will neither take too long to execute nor will be overlapped by the next one....
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How to Create CRON Jobs that Require SUDO Permissions
I'm on Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo). I've added my regular user acc. in SUDOERS and only use root when I'm bound to.
Now, I've created a basic script to automate my updates and free up some space. It ...
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How does Chromium on linux get auto updated?
I often see new features getting added to my chromium browser in Ubuntu 18.04 - without me having run a package upgrade. I also haven't found any running cron job that upgrades packages.
This what ...
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cron.daily in etc/anacrontab - General?
I have a rather general query.
Why is cron.daily, cron.weekly, cron.monthly in /etc/anacrontab? If I place a sh script in one of those cron. files are they treated as anacron or cron jobs? That is to ...
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Crontab Inactive
The Crontab on my system keeps disabling.
I have to restart the cron daily or manually run the cron myself. I have check numerous things online and nothing seems to fix it. Here is the output for ...
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Convert crontab commands to systemd?
I am using crontab in centos and I am having many problems such as some commands are not executed or simply not running any and simply deleting the crontab file and putting the same lines back is ...
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Setting virtualenv and running python code on boot
I'm trying to have some code executed on boot and haven't been able to get it to run as rc.local, cron, or a system service. So I'm sure I'm doing something wrong -- I just don't know what.
These are ...
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Script run via cron results in empty file [duplicate]
I wanted to measure connection speed to internet - I want to know if slow speed is fault of wifi interference or my internet provider. So I wrote this script:
#!/bin/sh
name_of_file=$(date +'%d-%m-%...
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Run a script one time per day
I think my question applies to "computer software", if not, please tell me.
So I set up a WebDav mount so i can load my password-database with keepassxc without any problems. Now I want to backup the ...
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cronjob set in user shell being run by root
If we configure a cronjob for a non-root user, will it be run by the user in whose shell the cron is set or by root?
I set up a simple cron job in the shell of a user 'user1' and say he is part of a ...
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pm2 'cron_restart' option went wrong
I have script to run, with different cron options configured in .ts file
import * as pm2 from 'pm2';
pm2.connect(function(err) {
if (err) {
console.error(err)
process.exit(2)
}
pm2.start({
script: '...
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crontab job log message shows a error status 0x004b from mta#012
The crontab job log message shows a error status 0x004b from mta#012 when I try to check my crontab job.
# grep CRON /var/log/syslog
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I get this log:
Nov 26 08:00:01 stiitsrv9 CRON[26109]: (...
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how to add timestamp to file names when moving them to cloud storage using cron job in ssh
I have built an ftp server on google compute engine that receives data from on prem systems as csv. I want to move this data after receiving it to a google cloud storage using a cron job from the vm ...
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Does a linux cronjob run as root, truly run as root?
Had a weird error where a script would work perfectly running in a SSH terminal, yet silently fail on a few lines when run via cron.
The cron did run and went to the end, several actions were ...
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Setting file permissions so my Laravel command / cron task can read and write to my FTP folder
I have an ftp folder that I created working through a guide to allow one specific user. I have since run a few chmod commands and may have changed this but the FTP user was created in a way so they ...
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Why doesn't a GUI application in crontab open with auto-login?
I want to start a GUI application through crontab on reboot. I have setup the crontab as @reboot export DISPLAY=:0 && ./myscript.sh and it works perfectly fine when auto-login is disabled i.e. ...
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Monitor a directory for changes and FTP a file to a server
I am looking for a specific command/script for a cron job I want to perform.
Basically, I have a WordPress website that when you fill in a form writes a png file to a folder. usually with a name like ...
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Facing Issue during Setup Amazon Web Server - Simple Email Services Autoresponder
My AWS-SES account perfectly working but facing issue in autoresponder. I am trying to set up the Autoresponder, and when clicking on Autoresponder tab under the particular list, It's opening pop-up ...
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Error 500 with cron job, but no problems in CLI
I have a ubuntu 18.04 server running which unfortunately has a dynamic IP. I have set up a free DDNS for it via duckdns and followed the instructions to have my ip updated once in a while with cron. ...
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Attaching to a screen session on boot
What I'm trying to do is start a screen session on boot via crontab and then have the user automatically connect to that session.
Here's my current cron file:
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to ...
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cron @reboot ubuntu ldap dependency
Question: Users can configure cronjobs @reboot, but the cron environment @reboot is not ready for users. How can cron be forced to run only after the user environment is ready on Ubuntu?
On a Ubuntu ...
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Failed to start crond on Centos 6
I noticed that crond is not running, tried to start it with service crond start but I get this error
Starting /usr/sbin/crond: [-] Error 0x7a911401 in attaching to
process!
Any idea how to fix ...
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Piping top to text via with crontab and full message?
I am running this:
top -b -n 1 -o %MEM > /home/me/top/top.`date +\%F.\%H\%M`.txt
Which works fine when I run it, but when I put in crontab for every 10 mins, the COMMAND section is always cut off,...
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Cronjob fails with “ipset not found” but runs flawlessly on command-line
When I call a script from a (root) cronjob it fails with the message 'ipset not found'. Here is the problematic script line:
for i in $(cat /etc/cn.zone); do ipset -A china $i; done
Some lines ...
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Crontab Running Script Every Minute
I am currently trying to schedule a cronjob to run a .sh script file every minute.
This is my simple script:
#!/bin/sh
echo "Hello World" >> /Users/navania/crontab-scrip.log
I saved this on ...
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Pm2 can't restart processes after long periods of time
I want to run my node.js server on my linux server (shared hosting) basically indefinitely.
Originally, I've set it up using forever, which worked for a while. But, I've noticed that after around 2 ...
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Reason for Failure to read stdin of passwordeval program of msmtp under cron
I use msmtp as the sendmail program on my Ubuntu 18.04 system. Rather than have the password of smtp service sitting in the clear in my msmtprc file,
I have written a small ruby program that I call "...
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Users are getting logged out automatically
I need some suggestion on users using EMR (web application) is getting logged out automatically intermittently, it may happen sometime in a week, maybe in two days or in 15 days.
My application runs ...
