<![CDATA[[RESOLVED] @reboot doesn't seem to work in cron]]>I put a @reboot <my script> in the cron (using crontab -e). But my python script doesn't seem to launch on reboot. It runs fine if I run it from the command line.

Is @reboot not supported in cron on the Omega?

Thanks,
Dave

]]>http://community.onion.io/topic/711/resolved-reboot-doesn-t-seem-to-work-in-cronRSS for NodeTue, 13 Oct 2026 13:45:33 GMTTue, 26 Apr 2016 16:17:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [RESOLVED] @reboot doesn't seem to work in cron on Tue, 24 May 2016 20:59:17 GMT]]>I put a @reboot <my script> in the cron (using crontab -e). But my python script doesn't seem to launch on reboot. It runs fine if I run it from the command line.

Is @reboot not supported in cron on the Omega?

Thanks,
Dave

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/5135http://community.onion.io/post/5135Tue, 24 May 2016 20:59:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [RESOLVED] @reboot doesn't seem to work in cron on Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:33:59 GMT]]>As per stated here, OpenWRT/busybox(which onion is based on) does not support "@" expressions.

I almost forgot to mention: you can provide a better behaviour(considering you'll have additional options) using init scripts. You can setup one using the instructions provided here. I have done one last weekend to start my python app with little/no headaches. I suggest give it a try.

Regards,
Vinicius

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/5136http://community.onion.io/post/5136Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:33:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [RESOLVED] @reboot doesn't seem to work in cron on Tue, 26 Apr 2016 20:39:38 GMT]]>To run things on startup put the commands in the file /etc/rc.local before the exit 0 line ?
I've done this for a couple of networking scripts I want to run on startup.

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/5140http://community.onion.io/post/5140Tue, 26 Apr 2016 20:39:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [RESOLVED] @reboot doesn't seem to work in cron on Sun, 01 May 2016 20:27:39 GMT]]>Thanks all! I put a line in /etc/rc.local and it worked!

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/5264http://community.onion.io/post/5264Sun, 01 May 2016 20:27:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [RESOLVED] @reboot doesn't seem to work in cron on Mon, 02 May 2016 19:18:52 GMT]]>@Dave-Abouav glad to hear that!
Can you please add [RESOLVED] to the post title?

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/5309http://community.onion.io/post/5309Mon, 02 May 2016 19:18:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [RESOLVED] @reboot doesn't seem to work in cron on Sat, 22 Oct 2016 13:46:20 GMT]]>FYI, if you want to start a process to run on startup and continue running, then you can add it to /etc/rc.local, but that'll keep rc.local running until your process finishes (never, possibly)

Instead, you can use start-stop-daemon:

start-stop-daemon -S -b -x /root/project/project-script

You'll need to make sure your script is executable, too. The -b puts the process in the background so it won't hold up execution of the rest of rc.local.

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/6944http://community.onion.io/post/6944Sat, 22 Oct 2016 13:46:20 GMT