Cron/Cru jobs disappear overnight

[Jack Yaz]

Ok, so I just rebooted for the first time in a month, and the service start goes a bit weird. Any ideas?

Commands being called are:

cru a DisableWPS 0 0 * * * /jffs/scripts/DisableWPS.sh
cru a FreshJRQoS 0 * * * * /jffs/scripts/FreshJRQoS.sh
cru a FTPBandwidthCalc */1 * * * * /jffs/scripts/FTPBandwidthCalc.sh
cru a CheckVPNServer1 */15 * * * * service start_vpnserver1
cru a CheckVPNClient1 */60 * * * * service start_vpnclient1

cru l ends up looking like:

admin@RT-AC87U:/tmp/home/root# cru l
0 0 asus_jffs bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs lib media mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys sysroot tmp usr var www asus_jffs bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs                                                                              lib media mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys sysroot tmp usr var www asus_jffs bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs lib media mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys s                                                                             ysroot tmp usr var www /jffs/scripts/DisableWPS.sh #DisableWPS#
0 asus_jffs bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs lib media mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys sysroot tmp usr var www asus_jffs bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs l                                                                             ib media mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys sysroot tmp usr var www asus_jffs bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs lib media mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys sys                                                                             root tmp usr var www asus_jffs bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs lib media mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys sysroot tmp usr var www /jffs/scripts/FreshJRQoS.s                                                                             h #FreshJRQoS#
proc/1 asus_jffs bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs lib media mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys sysroot tmp usr var www asus_jffs bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home j                                                                             ffs lib media mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys sysroot tmp usr var www asus_jffs bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs lib media mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sy                                                                             s sysroot tmp usr var www asus_jffs bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs lib media mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys sysroot tmp usr var www /jffs/scripts/FTPBand                                                                             widthCalc.sh #FTPBandwidthCalc#
*/15 * * * * service start_vpnserver1 #CheckVPNServer1#
*/60 * * * * service start_vpnclient1 #CheckVPNClient1#

Edit running cru d * and then the cru a gives correct results, so I'm assuming it's running too soon in services-start and tripping over.

 

[Jack Yaz]

Taken a different approach to get something working.

services-start:

crontab /jffs/scripts/CronTab.txt

CronTab.txt:

0 0 * * * /jffs/scripts/DisableWPS.sh #DisableWPS#
0 * * * * /jffs/scripts/FreshJRQoS.sh #FreshJRQoS#
*/1 * * * * /jffs/scripts/FTPBandwidthCalc.sh #FTPBandwidthCalc#
*/15 * * * * service start_vpnserver1 #CheckVPNServer1#
*/60 * * * * service start_vpnclient1 #CheckVPNClient1#

 

[ColinTaylor]

cru l ends up looking like:

Looks like the *'s are being expanded (glob) by the shell. You should really put double quotes around the cron parameters.

# cru

Cron Utility
add:    cru a <unique id> <"min hour day month week command">
delete: cru d <unique id>
list:   cru l

 

[Jack Yaz]

Looks like the *'s are being expanded (glob) by the shell. You should really put double quotes around the cron parameters.

# cru

Cron Utility
add:    cru a <unique id> <"min hour day month week command">
delete: cru d <unique id>
list:   cru l

I'll give that a go, thanks.

 

[thelonelycoder]

I'll give that a go, thanks.

With double quotes, that would be:

cru a DisableWPS "0 0 * * * /jffs/scripts/DisableWPS.sh"