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I wanted to schedule a daily task using anacron. After some reading I added the below line to /etc/anacrontab:
@daily 10 price_scrape /home/pawel/Project_Inflation/run.sh >> /home/pawel/Project_Inflation/log/task_log 2>> /home/pawel/Project_Inflation/log/error_log
This works (script executes as expected) but is done hourly whilst it should be done once a day. Here is the output of grep 'cron' /var/log/syslog:
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2019-06-27
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Will run job `price_scrape' in 10 min.
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
Jun 27 15:12:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Job `price_scrape' started
Jun 27 15:12:53 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Job `price_scrape' terminated
Jun 27 15:12:53 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Normal exit (1 job run)
Jun 27 15:17:01 pawel-ubuntu CRON[721]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2019-06-27
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Will run job `price_scrape' in 10 min.
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
Jun 27 16:12:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Job `price_scrape' started
Jun 27 16:12:53 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Job `price_scrape' terminated
It seemed to me that anacron is actually ran by cron itself and on system start up, but to my surprise there is an anacron service and associated anacron timer which triggeres every hour. When I stop the service and the timer however the job will not run at all. Any suggestions as to why the daily period is not respected?
Thanks
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I wanted to schedule a daily task using anacron. After some reading I added the below line to /etc/anacrontab:
@daily 10 price_scrape /home/pawel/Project_Inflation/run.sh >> /home/pawel/Project_Inflation/log/task_log 2>> /home/pawel/Project_Inflation/log/error_log
This works (script executes as expected) but is done hourly whilst it should be done once a day. Here is the output of grep 'cron' /var/log/syslog:
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2019-06-27
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Will run job `price_scrape' in 10 min.
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
Jun 27 15:12:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Job `price_scrape' started
Jun 27 15:12:53 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Job `price_scrape' terminated
Jun 27 15:12:53 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Normal exit (1 job run)
Jun 27 15:17:01 pawel-ubuntu CRON[721]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2019-06-27
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Will run job `price_scrape' in 10 min.
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
Jun 27 16:12:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Job `price_scrape' started
Jun 27 16:12:53 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Job `price_scrape' terminated
It seemed to me that anacron is actually ran by cron itself and on system start up, but to my surprise there is an anacron service and associated anacron timer which triggeres every hour. When I stop the service and the timer however the job will not run at all. Any suggestions as to why the daily period is not respected?
Thanks
cron anacron
edited Jun 27 at 15:22
Organic Marble
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marked as duplicate by Rinzwind, karel, Kulfy, Elder Geek, Fabby Jun 28 at 21:19
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@Rinzwind I thought about that, but the actual answer to OP's question is only in a comment there.
– Organic Marble
Jun 27 at 15:18
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"Also, the manpage notes that, as of now, period_name can only be monthly. So instead of daily, one would have to use:" did it for me . Had to remove the ATs :X
– Rinzwind
Jun 27 at 15:24
@Rinzwind good catch, I missed that.
– Organic Marble
Jun 27 at 15:25
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This question already has an answer here:
Tell me where is mistake in anacron task?
1 answer
I wanted to schedule a daily task using anacron. After some reading I added the below line to /etc/anacrontab:
@daily 10 price_scrape /home/pawel/Project_Inflation/run.sh >> /home/pawel/Project_Inflation/log/task_log 2>> /home/pawel/Project_Inflation/log/error_log
This works (script executes as expected) but is done hourly whilst it should be done once a day. Here is the output of grep 'cron' /var/log/syslog:
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2019-06-27
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Will run job `price_scrape' in 10 min.
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
Jun 27 15:12:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Job `price_scrape' started
Jun 27 15:12:53 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Job `price_scrape' terminated
Jun 27 15:12:53 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Normal exit (1 job run)
Jun 27 15:17:01 pawel-ubuntu CRON[721]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2019-06-27
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Will run job `price_scrape' in 10 min.
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
Jun 27 16:12:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Job `price_scrape' started
Jun 27 16:12:53 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Job `price_scrape' terminated
It seemed to me that anacron is actually ran by cron itself and on system start up, but to my surprise there is an anacron service and associated anacron timer which triggeres every hour. When I stop the service and the timer however the job will not run at all. Any suggestions as to why the daily period is not respected?
Thanks
cron anacron
edited Jun 27 at 15:22
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This question already has an answer here:
Tell me where is mistake in anacron task?
1 answer
I wanted to schedule a daily task using anacron. After some reading I added the below line to /etc/anacrontab:
@daily 10 price_scrape /home/pawel/Project_Inflation/run.sh >> /home/pawel/Project_Inflation/log/task_log 2>> /home/pawel/Project_Inflation/log/error_log
This works (script executes as expected) but is done hourly whilst it should be done once a day. Here is the output of grep 'cron' /var/log/syslog:
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2019-06-27
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Will run job `price_scrape' in 10 min.
Jun 27 15:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
Jun 27 15:12:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Job `price_scrape' started
Jun 27 15:12:53 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Job `price_scrape' terminated
Jun 27 15:12:53 pawel-ubuntu anacron[399]: Normal exit (1 job run)
Jun 27 15:17:01 pawel-ubuntu CRON[721]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2019-06-27
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Will run job `price_scrape' in 10 min.
Jun 27 16:02:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
Jun 27 16:12:24 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Job `price_scrape' started
Jun 27 16:12:53 pawel-ubuntu anacron[2762]: Job `price_scrape' terminated
It seemed to me that anacron is actually ran by cron itself and on system start up, but to my surprise there is an anacron service and associated anacron timer which triggeres every hour. When I stop the service and the timer however the job will not run at all. Any suggestions as to why the daily period is not respected?
Thanks
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@Rinzwind I thought about that, but the actual answer to OP's question is only in a comment there.
– Organic Marble
Jun 27 at 15:18
1
"Also, the manpage notes that, as of now, period_name can only be monthly. So instead of daily, one would have to use:" did it for me . Had to remove the ATs :X
– Rinzwind
Jun 27 at 15:24
@Rinzwind good catch, I missed that.
– Organic Marble
Jun 27 at 15:25
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@Rinzwind I thought about that, but the actual answer to OP's question is only in a comment there.
– Organic Marble
Jun 27 at 15:18
1
"Also, the manpage notes that, as of now, period_name can only be monthly. So instead of daily, one would have to use:" did it for me . Had to remove the ATs :X
– Rinzwind
Jun 27 at 15:24
@Rinzwind good catch, I missed that.
– Organic Marble
Jun 27 at 15:25
@Rinzwind I thought about that, but the actual answer to OP's question is only in a comment there.
– Organic Marble
Jun 27 at 15:18
@Rinzwind I thought about that, but the actual answer to OP's question is only in a comment there.
– Organic Marble
Jun 27 at 15:18
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"Also, the manpage notes that, as of now, period_name can only be monthly. So instead of daily, one would have to use:" did it for me . Had to remove the ATs :X
– Rinzwind
Jun 27 at 15:24
"Also, the manpage notes that, as of now, period_name can only be monthly. So instead of daily, one would have to use:" did it for me . Had to remove the ATs :X
– Rinzwind
Jun 27 at 15:24
@Rinzwind good catch, I missed that.
– Organic Marble
Jun 27 at 15:25
@Rinzwind good catch, I missed that.
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The man page for anacrontab states
The period_name can only be set
to monthly at the present time.
so your daily will not work and is causing the error message anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
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Indeed changing it to 1 works, the job was not re-executed after I started the service again. Thanks.
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A better approach for me is to drop an executable script in /etc/cron.daily/ and you have no more worries.
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The man page for anacrontab states
The period_name can only be set
to monthly at the present time.
so your daily will not work and is causing the error message anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Sourced from comments at Tell me where is mistake in anacron task?
answered Jun 27 at 15:15
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Indeed changing it to 1 works, the job was not re-executed after I started the service again. Thanks.
– MintBerryCrunch
Jun 27 at 15:24
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The man page for anacrontab states
The period_name can only be set
to monthly at the present time.
so your daily will not work and is causing the error message anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Sourced from comments at Tell me where is mistake in anacron task?
answered Jun 27 at 15:15
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
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Indeed changing it to 1 works, the job was not re-executed after I started the service again. Thanks.
– MintBerryCrunch
Jun 27 at 15:24
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The man page for anacrontab states
The period_name can only be set
to monthly at the present time.
so your daily will not work and is causing the error message anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Sourced from comments at Tell me where is mistake in anacron task?
answered Jun 27 at 15:15
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The man page for anacrontab states
The period_name can only be set
to monthly at the present time.
so your daily will not work and is causing the error message anacron: /etc/anacrontab: Unknown named period on line 14, skipping
Sourced from comments at Tell me where is mistake in anacron task?
answered Jun 27 at 15:15
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Indeed changing it to 1 works, the job was not re-executed after I started the service again. Thanks.
– MintBerryCrunch
Jun 27 at 15:24
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Indeed changing it to 1 works, the job was not re-executed after I started the service again. Thanks.
– MintBerryCrunch
Jun 27 at 15:24
Indeed changing it to 1 works, the job was not re-executed after I started the service again. Thanks.
– MintBerryCrunch
Jun 27 at 15:24
Indeed changing it to 1 works, the job was not re-executed after I started the service again. Thanks.
– MintBerryCrunch
Jun 27 at 15:24
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A better approach for me is to drop an executable script in /etc/cron.daily/ and you have no more worries.
answered Jun 27 at 15:13
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A better approach for me is to drop an executable script in /etc/cron.daily/ and you have no more worries.
answered Jun 27 at 15:13
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A better approach for me is to drop an executable script in /etc/cron.daily/ and you have no more worries.
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A better approach for me is to drop an executable script in /etc/cron.daily/ and you have no more worries.
answered Jun 27 at 15:13
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@Rinzwind I thought about that, but the actual answer to OP's question is only in a comment there.
– Organic Marble
Jun 27 at 15:18
1
"Also, the manpage notes that, as of now, period_name can only be monthly. So instead of daily, one would have to use:" did it for me . Had to remove the ATs :X
– Rinzwind
Jun 27 at 15:24
@Rinzwind good catch, I missed that.
– Organic Marble
Jun 27 at 15:25