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May 22nd, 2015 07:00
How to add a CRON job
How to add a CRON job
I have a script that I want to execute every 15 minutes. I've added a file to /etc/cron.d/ with */15 * * * * /path/tofile.
I'm trying to restart Firefox as it needs to display a webpage 24/7 and it locks up after 1 - 2 hours.
After creating the script and adding the file to cron.d, I don't notice that the browser is restarting. Where are the logs kept for CRON on SUSE Linux, and is there is anything else I need to do?
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sunimex2003
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June 11th, 2015 09:00
google it.you will get answer.
KIGURUMI pajamas
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June 11th, 2015 09:00
Resolved. I added the cron job to cron.hourly and that fixed it.
SublimeSabrosa
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June 11th, 2015 09:00
Not that simple sunimex, and a little late on the response ...
I ended up changing my plan to restart Firefox, as it would re-open with an additional tab and not be in Kiosk view. Also, Firefox has a memory leak which after about 1.5 - 2 days, would lock the terminal.
My final solution was to create a CRON job to reboot every 8 hours (shift changes), the issue with that was that CRON would not automatically start at boot. chkconfig CRON --list showed all levels off and chkconfig CRON on 123456 returned some errors, most notably was that jexec was missing a #Required-Stop: after the #Required-Start: $local_fs. After adding #Required-Stop to the /etc/init.d/jexec and rebooting, the CRON daemon was working as expected.
Not sure why the code was missing, but I can only assume it's due to the modified WYSE kernel for SUSE.