when I tried to add something sane (doing a "git review" for this<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/owner:%22Maintenance-bot+%253Cladsgroup%2540gmail.com%253E%22,n,z>), the system automatically added "/usr/bin/jsub -N <a name> -quiet" to it and because git review hasn't been installed in jsub instances it returns error and I'm stuck
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Artem Korzhimanov < [email protected]> wrote: > Just to clarify. Am I right that if 'crontab -l' returns empty list and > there is no ~/...DATA.crontab in my home directory it means that my cron > list has been lost completely? > > Best regards, > Artem. > ________________________ > Dr. Artem Korzhimanov > Research Scientist > Institute of Applied Physics > of the Russian Academy of Sciences > 46 Ulyanov st., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia > Email: [email protected] > > > 2014-05-01 13:37 GMT+04:00 Petr Bena <[email protected]>: > > I don't think so. >> >> There is a number of cases where this is not relevant, I don't know >> who added that into crontab, but I am pretty sure that nobody from >> toolsadmin team is going to remove any line from it as long as it's >> sane (for example some simple check that just submit some kind of >> e-mail, tail some log file etc, doesn't need to be run as a job, since >> the job itself is less resource expensive than submitting it to SGEN). >> >> So I think you can ignore this in your case. The note should be reworded >> though. >> >> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Danmichaelo >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Apologies accepted! But when crontab-ing now, I noted the comment: >> > >> > "Any command specified here will be modified to be invoked through jsub >> > unless it is one of the two" [jsub or jstart] >> > >> > Does that mean I should move away from calling qsub directly? If so, >> there >> > should be a note about that here: >> > >> > >> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nova_Resource:Tools/Help#What_is_the_grid_engine.3F >> > >> > >> > Dan Michael >> > >> > >> > >> > On 1 May 2014 02:31, Marc A. Pelletier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello all. >> >> >> >> Due to a (really) stupid mistake on my part, I have managed to >> >> completely lose the crontab of any tool which had automatic changes >> >> applied to it (the process which was supposed to make a backup before >> >> any changes failed). This affects approximately 50 tools. >> >> >> >> Please accept my most sincere apologies for the work and lost data this >> >> might cause. >> >> >> >> That said, if your tool existed before the migration to the new >> >> datacenter, you probably still have the backup dating from that time in >> >> your tool's home under the name ~/...DATA.crontab >> >> >> >> On the other hand, most tools' crontabs /were/ correctly moved to the >> >> new system. There is a '/usr/local/bin/crontab' symlink now pointing >> to >> >> xcrontab -- you should get that one by default unless you have changed >> >> your default path. >> >> >> >> If you get a message along the lines of: >> >> >> >> You (user) are not allowed to use this program (/usr/bin/crontab) >> >> >> >> then you are accidentally hitting the wrong one; check your path or >> type: >> >> >> >> hash -r >> >> >> >> To force your shell to revisit it. >> >> >> >> Again, please accept my apologies for the disruption. >> >> >> >> -- Marc >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Labs-l mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Labs-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Labs-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Labs-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l > > -- Amir
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