Scheduled reboot - services-start strange issue

[ilium007]

Hi I have a strange issue occurring when I try and schedule a reboot. I set up the services-start file with:

#!/bin/sh
cru a scheduled_reboot * 5 * * * reboot

But after I reboot I see this when I do a 'cru l':

admin@(none):/tmp/home/root# cru l
bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs lib mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys tmp usr var www 5 bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs lib mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys tmp usr var www bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs lib mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys tmp usr var www bin cifs1 cifs2 dev etc home jffs lib mmc mnt opt proc rom root sbin sys tmp usr var www reboot #scheduled_reboot#

So I delete it manually:

admin@(none):/tmp/home/root# cru d scheduled_reboot

and then re add it manually:

admin@(none):/tmp/home/root# cru a scheduled_reboot * 5 * * * reboot

and now cru l looks fine:

admin@(none):/tmp/home/root# cru l
* 5 * * * reboot #scheduled_reboot#

What am I doing wrong ??!!

 

[ilium007]

And I see this in the syslog:

Dec 16 22:16:05 192.168.10.1 crond[539]: user admin: parse error at bin
Dec 16 22:16:05 192.168.10.1 crond[539]: user admin: parse error at cifs1
Dec 16 22:16:05 192.168.10.1 crond[539]: user admin: parse error at cifs2
Dec 16 22:16:05 192.168.10.1 crond[539]: user admin: parse error at dev
Dec 16 22:16:05 192.168.10.1 crond[539]: user admin: parse error at etc
Dec 16 22:16:05 192.168.10.1 crond[539]: time disparity of 1030335 minutes detected

Obviously cron is spitting re. the string that is getting pumped into the command somehow.

 

[ilium007]

Worked it out....

I needed the schedule in double quotes.

#!/bin/sh
cru a scheduled_reboot "* 5 * * * reboot"

 

[ilium007]

Worked it out....

I needed the schedule in double quotes.

Actually - the correct command is:

cru a scheduled_reboot "0 5 * * * reboot"

With the 0 indicating it should reboot everyday at 5am not every 5 hours !