ctweedle;630585 Wrote: > I built my server within the last 30 days from new parts. > > I think the best way for me to proced (with the understanding that my > approach is trial and error) is to try to set up a crontab to suspend > the server for six overnight periods per week leaving it one one night > for my backups. I have tested using a BIOS setting to trigger waking up > at the same time in the AM and that seems to work. > > In my experimenting thus far, I have not always been able to get the > server to wake up via an alarm with the plug in. (The plug in is great. > I'm likely doing something wrong.) However, the BIOS adjustment does > work. Since I would have to use an alarm to trick the server into > staying awake for one overnight period per week and the alarm does not > always result in a wake up, I'm thinking the crontab approach might be > the way to go for my one night a week scenario. > > I think I have the correct crontab syntax followed by the "turn off" > command. What I don't know is what happens after I log in as root, > trigger the nano text editor and get to the part where you can set up > a crontab. Apparently, I need some text before my 30 0 * * 2-0 > sequence. Can anyone offer a suggestion? > > I have posted a similar question on the Vortexbox forum but this > location seems to have a wealth of > Linux talent as well. > > Thanks. > > Thanks.
I've replied to your crontab question in the vortexbox forum. If you want to use the -e form of the crontab command referred to by Gordon, it looks at the VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables to determine what editor to use, so you will either have to set and export these variables, or prefix crontab -e with VISUAL=nano EDITOR=nano, i.e.: # VISUAL=nano EDITOR=nano crontab -e -- coyrls ------------------------------------------------------------------------ coyrls's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44253 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
