Cron running but not executing anything in UI.

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tkmds
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 17:05    Post subject: Cron running but not executing anything in UI. Reply with quote
Hey Folks,

Cron is running:

Code:
# ps|grep -Ei cron
 4713 root     cron
 4849 root     grep -Ei cron


But there is nothing showing up in a test file that should bet a text with the latest time:

Code:
# Reboot the router everyday near 4AM. 
0 4 * * * startservice run_rc_shutdown; /sbin/reboot

# Test call
*/1 * * * * echo "Cron Test $(date)" > /jffs/cron-test-file.txt


Tried a few suggestions here:

https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=711636

Checked logs:

Apr 17 12:45:44 DD-WRT-KHUFU user.info : [cron] : daemon successfully stopped
Apr 17 12:45:52 DD-WRT-KHUFU user.info : [cron] : daemon successfully started
Apr 17 12:49:01 DD-WRT-KHUFU user.info : [cron] : daemon successfully stopped
Apr 17 12:49:10 DD-WRT-KHUFU user.info : [cron] : daemon successfully started
Apr 17 12:49:10 DD-WRT-KHUFU cron.info cron[3944]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok)

But nothing get's this to work. Any hints?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 17:47    Post subject: Reply with quote
What build are you running?

There have been problems with cron in the past

Furthermore to run you need the right syntax:
https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/CRON
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 19:15    Post subject: Reply with quote
Latest I could get, though this feature hasn't worked since r43502, the oldest of the F/W I have on any of my Asus routers. The current one has:

Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r48646 std (04/12/22)

Thinking the entries I have are fine. Had this before as well but nada:

* * * * * echo "Cron Test $(date)" > /jffs/cron-test-file.txt

Which isn't different then any Linux host it appears.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 19:19    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not sure if this applies but from the wiki:
Quote:
It is important that you include "root" before the command, otherwise the command will not run as specified.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 20:18    Post subject: Reply with quote
(facepalm)

Yeppers, that was it! Looks like I hurriedly scanned the page for the crontab commands without properly reading the entire page.

Thanks egc!
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:38    Post subject: Reply with quote
egc wrote:
Furthermore to run you need the right syntax:
https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/CRON

Whoever has access to editing that wiki page should correct the Restarting Crond section which falsely claims: "you will need to restart cron in order for your changes to take effect". If you try the example from that page:

Code:
echo '* * * * * root /bin/date > /tmp/test.txt' > /tmp/cron.d/date

and wait for the next minute change (up to one minute), the job will start running. The same principle applies when deleting the /tmp/cron.d/date file to stop the new cron job from running. The wiki was correct before my cron fix in 2019 because the cron database in memory would get corrupted on any incremental additions/deletions. Only a full cron database reload would work back then.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:51    Post subject: Reply with quote
I can confirm no restart is needed.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 17:31    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'll look through for your fix, @yoyoma2 and make the appropriate edits. Does anyone have a timeline on the commands required?
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