cron-task is a task (command or shell script) executed periodically at certain times or dates by the cron scheduler.
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Crontab - "bad day-of-week" error, when trying to schedule a task to run each other day-of-week using "dow/2"
I try to schedule a task in Ubuntu 16.04 using crontab:
45 2 * * 4/2 sh /var/lib/libvirt/images/backups/backup_res.sh
I want it to be executed every other Thursday at 2:45AM.
However, I keep getting bad day-of-week error.
If I remove /2, it works…
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How to run a bash script every hour and how to kill it on cloud desktop?
I want to run a bash script every hour in my cloud desktop which can be done by following commands:
while true; do ./parseScript.sh; sleep 3600; done
minute hour day month day-of-week command-line-to-execute
But the problem is my cloud window will…
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How to call azure function with params
I am trying to use Azure function with to invoke the same function with different time and different param(url).
I didn't find any good example that shows how to pass some data. I want to pass link to function.
My code is:
var rp =…
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Run Spring cron job at midnight
Do you know what is the cron expression for Spring @Scheduled annotation to run at mid night?
This is the cron I currently use. I am not sure if its right.
59 59 23 * * *
Please note that this is not quartz, its Spring so there are only 6 places,…
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Cpanel cronjob not working
I have a php script in root of my site. I have added a cronjob in my cpanel.
It is working with basic database operations like shown below:
connectToDB();
$data = date("Y/m/d…
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AOE Scheduler 500 Internal Server Error
I´m trying to set up AOE Scheduler command on my Godaddy´s cPanel but I get a 500 Internal Server Error.
AOE Scheduler´s instructions say I should add these two command lines:
* * * * * ! test -e /home/gimbals/public_html/maintenance.flag &&…
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Passing parameter in crontab through shell to php script
From my shell script test.sh I would like to pass some parameters to PHP script that would read them like:
test.sh
php -q /home/user/files/test.php "$1" "$2"
php -q /home/user/files/test.php $1 $2
To test the passing of arguments I just read them…
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Connect continuously websocket into local wamp server?
I have implement rachet websocket with codeigniter and it's working fine in localhost. This is a main server.php that we need to run from cmd
require __DIR__ . "/../vendor/autoload.php";
use Chat\Chat;
use Ratchet\Server\IoServer;
use…
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Which files do get_user() require on wordpress
I need to run a cron job on a wordpress site which in the script includes the function get_users() however because this script is a single file it does not include any of the core wordpress files.
My question is which files do I need to include in…
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How to create cron job that will run every month on second tuesday
I want to create cron jab that will run on every month on second tuesday. I created a cron job but I am not sure it is correct. Kinldy help me.
* 0 * */1 2 test.sh
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Can't run a task schedule in Laravel using cron job in Godaddy
I am running my web app under godaddy shared hosting, and I am trying to run a cron job which will call my schedule task in my laravel app. For some reason the scheduler is not being called. These are the commands in godaddy that I have tried so…
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Cron Expression for every 30 minutes in quarter hour periods?
I am currently trying to generate a cron expression that runs every 30 minutes throughout the day but at hours like 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 and so on. I know that the cron expression 0 0/30 * 1/1 * ? * runs every 30 minutes but it does it at 10:00,…
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Laravel 4 CronJob Keeps Running
I have a weird situation here.
I'm using Laravel 4 and linux crontab to run my cronjob, which is to send an email.
For testing purpose, I set every minute to run the cronjob so that I could get my result instantly.
crontab commands as below:
* * * *…
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Can’t get cron job working on ASUSTOR NAS model AS-302T
I’ve been struggling for weeks now trying to find any info on how to successfully setup a cron on my Asustor NAS, and would really appreciate any help.
Here is what I have done via my favourite SSH program putty. I added my cron in the following…
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Crontab every other hour and then the other hours
I have crontab scripts that run every other hour
2 */2 * * * cd /home/myuser/scripts && ./script.sh
4 */2 * * * cd /home/myuser/scripts && ./script2.sh
6 */2 * * * cd /home/myuser/scripts && ./script3.sh
8 */2 * * * cd…
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