On 8 October 2015 at 14:48, Eelco Dolstra <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 08/10/15 09:23, Bjørn Forsman wrote: > >> On 8 October 2015 at 09:18, Domen Kožar <[email protected]> wrote: >>> It's easier to generate a package that wraps the script binary and then use >>> it in a cronjob >> >> Or just "nix-shell ... --run "NIX_REMOTE=daemon ./my-script.py"? > > Surely that should be "NIX_REMOTE=daemon NIX_PATH=... nix-shell -p ...". > Otherwise you're setting the environment variable too late, and you need > NIX_PATH for the -p flag to work. > > Even better is using a systemd timer instead of a cronjob, e.g. > > systemd.services.foo = > { script = "nix-shell -p ..."; > environment = config.environment.sessionVariables; > startAt = "12:34"; > };
Right :-) But don't forget that NIX_REMOTE isn't part of config.environment.sessionVariables. (Should it have been?) - Bjørn _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
