[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: mcron job with cd to directory?
From: |
ng0 |
Subject: |
Re: mcron job with cd to directory? |
Date: |
Wed, 17 May 2017 20:15:17 +0000 |
Ludovic Courtès transcribed 0.9K bytes:
> Howdy ng0,
>
> ng0 <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> > Does someone know how you could re-create this:
> >
> > (crontab -l of root)
> > # Regnerate stagit indexes every hour:
> > 0 * * * * (cd /var/www/git && echo `pwd` && /root/git_pragmatique_xyz.sh)
> >
> > in mcron?
> >
> > I have some cronjobs where the initial
> > current-working-dir must be a specific directory.
> >
> > I think I am missing (lambda) in what I have written below,
>
> Indeed you are! :-)
>
> > but the mcron documentation just
> >
> > (define %stagit-job1
> > #~(job '(next-hour '(4))
> > (and
> > (chdir "/srv/www/git/pragmatique")
> > (system* "sh" "/root/git_pragmatique.xyz.sh"))))
>
> Something like:
>
> #~(job '(next-hour '(4))
> (lambda ()
> (chdir …)
> (system* …)))
>
> See
> <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Scheduled-Job-Execution.html>.
>
> Ludo’.
>
Thanks! This fixed at least the respawn-death of mcron. Now I just have to
see if it does what I want.
But it's good to know that it is that easy.
--
https://pragmatique.xyz
PGP: https://people.pragmatique.xyz/ng0/