On a CentOS server, cronjob did not work. Checking the log file found the following error message in /var/log/cron Oct 24 18:35:01 CentOS-75-64-minimal crond[1546]: (/usr/local/bin/monitor-mysql) ERROR (getpwnam() failed) The error was because no user was specified in the cronjob. When you use cronjob in file /etc/crontab, you need to specify the username before the command … Read more
I want to rsync files from one server to another server every 5 minutes, but only want to start the rsync if the previous rsync command has finished. Time for one rsync depends on how much data changed on the source server, so the time taken to finish rsync cronjob varies. Create file rsync.sh #!/bin/bash … Read more
Magento uses cron jobs for numerous features to schedule activities. To enable the cron job in Magento 2, log in to the server using SSH. Switch to the appropriate user if you are logged in as root. Now run command php bin/magento cron:install If you need to remove the cronjob, run php bin/magento cron:remove See … Read more
Method 1 vi /etc/bashrc Find export EDITOR=”pico” export VISUAL=”pico” Replace with export EDITOR=”vi” export VISUAL=”vi” Method 2 edit .bash_profile vi /root/.bash_profile Add export VISUAL=vi Once added, .bash_profile will look like root@server54 [~]# cat .bash_profile # .bash_profile # Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi # User specific environment … Read more
To start a program using cronjob, create a cronjob like @reboot /root/start.sh On system boot, the command “/root/start.sh” will be executed.
crontab Start a program after reboot using cronjob Running wp-cron with cronjob Cronjob for Magento 1.9 set vi as default cronjob editor Cron Job fails with Error Message “(getpwnam() failed): No such file or directory” Cronjob Timing * * * * * = every minute */5 * * * * = every 5 minute 0 … Read more