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Title: persistent cronjobs [solved]
Post by: ali on May 10, 2011, 04:09:18 PM

i noticed my cronjobs are no longer there after i reboot

i tried searching for a file where they may be stored but i'm out of luck

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ali@box:~$ sudo find / -name "*cron*"
*stuff from mounted partitions*
/var/run/crond.pid
/var/spool/cron
/var/spool/cron/crontabs
/sys/bus/pci/drivers/JMicron IDE
/usr/sbin/crond
/usr/bin/crontab
/etc/init.d/services/crond
ali@box:~$


Title: Re: persistent cronjobs
Post by: gerald_clark on May 10, 2011, 08:25:50 PM

/var/spool/cron/crontabs

You need to add
var/spool/cron/crontabs
to /opt/.filetool.lst

Title: Re: persistent cronjobs
Post by: ali on May 11, 2011, 02:58:35 AM

thanks, i thought the /var folder was for logs and stuff like that

Title: Re: persistent cronjobs
Post by: tinypoodle on May 11, 2011, 10:09:55 AM

Quote from: ali on May 11, 2011, 02:58:35 AM

thanks, i thought the /var folder was for logs and stuff like that

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html

Title: Re: persistent cronjobs [solved]
Post by: SteGriff on May 12, 2011, 01:24:24 PM

In a similar vein, I have a hard drive installation with persistent home and opt using the boot commands, but I also want to make /usr/ persistent.

I could add it to .filetool.lst but I always shut down using
$ sudo poweroff
which doesn't back up.

Does /opt/shutdown.sh get called during a poweroff or reboot command? If so, I could just add a line to that which calls the backup utility I suppose.

Please advise :)

Title: Re: persistent cronjobs [solved]
Post by: tinypoodle on May 12, 2011, 01:38:41 PM

1. IMHO that is a topic totally irrelevant to this thread.
2. You may find some ideas/answers here: http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=9092
3. Not sure if adding usr to backup would be a wise idea.

Title: Re: persistent cronjobs [solved]
Post by: SteGriff on May 12, 2011, 02:09:38 PM

Quote from: tinypoodle on May 12, 2011, 01:38:41 PM

1. IMHO that is a topic totally irrelevant to this thread.
2. You may find some ideas/answers here: http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=9092
3. Not sure if adding usr to backup would be a wise idea.

Re: 1. OP wanted persistent cron settings, I want persistent SSH settings; I feel that while the methodology is different, the aim is the same.
2. Useful thread, thank you.
3. Why is that? Because of the size? I really only need a the settings files for openssh, which are kept in /usr/local/, but I'm concious that as I add more applications, a lot of their settings will be kept in /usr.

If I should make a new thread, that's fine, I just didn't want to clutter. What, in your opinion, is the best way to make those settings persistent?

Thank you for your response.

Title: Re: persistent cronjobs [solved]
Post by: tinypoodle on May 12, 2011, 02:27:16 PM

Well, you had said you wanted to make /usr persistent...
Adding specific files residing in /usr to .filetool.lst absolutely makes sense (I happen to do so myself).

Title: Re: persistent cronjobs [solved]
Post by: ldak on July 29, 2011, 05:51:00 PM

What about adding just usr/local/etc for the config files only to /opt/.filetool.lst instead of all of /usr?