On Tue Apr05'22 10:02:35PM, Barry wrote: > From: Barry <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 22:02:35 +0100 > To: olivares33561 <olivares33561@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Community support for > Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: convert crontab jobs to systemd timers > > > > > On 5 Apr 2022, at 21:19, olivares33561 via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Dear kind Fedora users, > > > > I have a crontab file that I use to play some files about 3 minutes before bell rings between classes. I had to install anacron with dnf command. I have seen emails where some folks recommend systemd timers. How can I convert a crontab > > # > > [olivares@fedora Downloads]$ crontab -l > > # min hour day-of-month month day-of-week command > > # 0-59 0-23 1-31 1-12 0-6 0=sun 1=mon > > #50 04 * * 1-5 ~/.xalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > #50 04 * * 0,6 ~/.salarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > #59 09 * * 0,6 ~/.salarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > #00 07 * * 1-5 ~/.xalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > 42 08 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > 52 09 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > 40 10 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > 28 11 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > 16 12 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > 57 12 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > 40 14 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > 28 15 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > 17 16 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > > #30 16 * * 1-5 ~/.lalarm > /dev/null 2>&1 > > 25 16 * * 1-5 /usr/sbin/poweroff >/dev/null 2>&1 > > > > # > > to systemd timers? An easy idiot proof way. The .dalarm script calls mplayer and plays from a playlist. > > > > # > > [olivares@fedora Downloads]$ sudo systemctl list-timers > > [sudo] password for olivares: > > NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UN> > > Tue 2022-04-05 15:13:39 CDT 1min 46s left n/a n/a sy> > > Tue 2022-04-05 15:38:11 CDT 26min left n/a n/a dn> > > Wed 2022-04-06 00:00:00 CDT 8h left Tue 2022-04-05 05:34:07 CDT 9h ago lo> > > Wed 2022-04-06 00:00:00 CDT 8h left Tue 2022-04-05 05:34:07 CDT 9h ago un> > > Wed 2022-04-06 00:34:55 CDT 9h left Tue 2022-04-05 05:34:07 CDT 9h ago pl> > > Sun 2022-04-10 01:00:00 CDT 4 days left Tue 2022-04-05 05:34:07 CDT 9h ago ra> > > Mon 2022-04-11 00:20:16 CDT 5 days left Tue 2022-04-05 05:34:07 CDT 9h ago fs> > > > > 7 timers listed. > > Pass --all to see loaded but inactive timers, too. > > # > > > > I have read https://opensource.com/article/20/7/systemd-timers > > and > > https://www.maketecheasier.com/use-systemd-timers-as-cron-replacement/ > > > > but have not tried it out. Any help on this is appreciated. I want to test it out. Thank you in advance > > Why not try it out? What is stopping you? > > The only thing I would add to you reading list if the man page for systemd.timer > > I would start with a timer service that uses /bin/echo that you can use to see that the timer service runs when you expect. > > Barry > So sorry to suddenly wake up on this thread, but is cron going away. I use it all the time, hourly for backups and nightly for updates. Many thanks, Ranjan _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
