> On 7 Apr 2022, at 19:53, olivares33561 via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Sent from ProtonMail, encrypted email based in Switzerland. > > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 at 8:09 PM, Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> On Tue, 2022-04-05 at 20:18 +0000, olivares33561 via users wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> >> Tangentially, can you get mplayer to make sounds when it's not you >> that runs it? i.e. A system user rather than a real user. >> >>> 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. >> >> >> You could look at this, too: >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/Timers >> Archlinux docs often get good recommendations >> >> NB: I've only just looked at this just now, I've only ever done the >> odd crontab thing a few times. Each time I have to work it out. >> >> -- >> >> uname -rsvp >> Linux 3.10.0-1160.59.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 23 16:47:03 UTC 2022 x86_64 >> >> Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. >> I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. > > Thanks to all who have responded. I am trying it out, but I have it not working. I created a poweroff.service and poweroff.timer. > > [olivares@fedora ~]$ cat /etc/systemd/system/poweroff.service > # /etc/systemd/system/poweroff.service > [Unit] > Description = Poweroff maschine at 16:20 PM Mo-Fri > > [Service] > Type=oneshot > ExecStart=sudo systemctl poweroff You might need to use systemctl --no-block start poweroff. The --no-block I recall is needed to stop systemd getting into a dependency cycle. Below you have this error: > Apr 07 13:42:36 fedora systemd[24819]: poweroff.service: Failed to locate executable sudo: No such file or directory You did not tell systemd where to find "sudo" try this: ExecStart=/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/systemctl --no-block poweroff.service Barry _______________________________________________ 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
