In the terminal :# /bin/repoquery --queryformat %{name} --installed -a /lists/64/"$(hostname -s).list" works. Keep getting syntax errors running it as a cronjob : crontab -e /bin/repoquery --queryformat %{name} --installed -a /lists/64/"$(hostname -s).list" Have tried different syntax,' " around name, = to name, prepend /bin/bash, append exit Still errors,
Think you might have to specify timings... there are 5 fields that go before the command set you want to run in cron, defined as minute,hour,day,month,day of week... eg run every minute Code: * * * * * /usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh run every 5 minutes: Code: */5 * * * * /usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh run at 5 minutes past the hour every hour: Code: 5 * * * * /usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh Also is your script supposed to be piping output to file in /lists/64 - what shows up on my screen in your original post doesn't look quite right? This works: Code: repoquery --queryformat %{name} --installed -a > /lists/64/"$(hostname -s).list" How often you want to run this? You could of course put your script into /etc/cron.daily and be done with it!
This is what I had, just dodgy c&p, along with the hourly run. Here's the error was getting in logwatch: Usage: repoquery [options] repoquery: error: --queryformat option requires an argument If I get it working I would, any gotchas for cron.hourly
Put this in a script file, eg checkrepo.sh Code: #!/bin/sh repoquery --queryformat %{name} --installed -a > /lists/64/"$(hostname -s).list" Don't forget to chmod +x after you save it. Run it, does it produce the results? Seems to on mine. HTH.
Just tested it, as a cron hourly: # > /var/log/cron # run-parts /etc/cron.hourly # cat /var/log/cron May 29 10:11:33 frank01 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[21072]: starting 0anacron May 29 10:11:33 frank01 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[21081]: finished 0anacron May 29 10:11:33 frank01 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[21072]: starting checkrepo.sh May 29 10:11:35 frank01 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[21089]: finished checkrepo.sh May 29 10:11:35 frank01 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[21072]: starting mcelog.cron May 29 10:11:35 frank01 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[21095]: finished mcelog.cron It seems to run without hitch, thank you.
