(crontab -l 2/dev/null | grep -v cron_prog; echo * * * * *
/bin/cron_prog) | crontab - 2/dev/null
That's why using the crontab command is a bit tricky, because you're
using your host machine command when you're building a new firmware
including your package (instead of installing the firmware
So iiuc I should echo to $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/etc/crontabs/root ?
2008/7/20 Benoît Ganne [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
(crontab -l 2/dev/null | grep -v cron_prog; echo * * * * *
/bin/cron_prog) | crontab - 2/dev/null
That's why using the crontab command is a bit tricky, because you're
using your host
On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 21:32 +0200, wlanmac wrote:
It seems to work well using the crontab command from within your init
script - assuming your cron is associated with a service.
in start():
(crontab -l 2/dev/null | grep -v $0
echo */10 * * * * $0 checksomething
) |
How is it possible to create a crontab entry while creating a package?
[...]
But I would like to do it at such time that the crontab is already
modified on the firmware image?
I'm not sure to understand: you just want to add a crontab entry at
package installation time, right ?
If so, you
Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2008 20:47 schrieb Benoît Ganne:
How is it possible to create a crontab entry while creating a package?
[...]
But I would like to do it at such time that the crontab is already
modified on the firmware image?
I'm not sure to understand: you just want to add a
On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 21:11 +0200, Jens Nachtigall wrote:
Interesting, but a bit of a dirty hack for something like cronjobs imho.
No, on the contrary. Using published interfaces such as the crontab
command to submit cron entries is in fact the official method of
adding cron jobs. Hacking
Thanks Benoit :-), that helps a lot!
2008/7/16 Benoît Ganne [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
How is it possible to create a crontab entry while creating a package?
[...]
But I would like to do it at such time that the crontab is already
modified on the firmware image?
I'm not sure to understand: you
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That all said, I can't find the cron package in OpenWRT. Can anyone
point me (in the source tree I mean) to it?
cron is supplied by the busybox
harald
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It seems to work well using the crontab command from within your init
script - assuming your cron is associated with a service.
in start():
(crontab -l 2/dev/null | grep -v $0
echo */10 * * * * $0 checksomething
) | crontab - 2/dev/null
in stop():
crontab -l 2/dev/null |
