I have a DM500HD running a fairly recent version of OpenPLi (E2) and would like to reboot it every morning.
I have seen advice on how to do this, but, it required crontab to be running on the box. I do not think it is at the moment because if I try anything, such as crontab -e then it tells me "crontab: chdir(/var/spool/cron/crontabs): No such file or directory"
The instructions I've seen mention going into the Settings, Services to run option but I cannot see anything on the menus that looks like this - can anyone help, please?
DM500HD & OPenPLI - How to activate crontab?
Started by Mysteryman, 27 Mar 2012 18:44
DM500HD crontab
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Re: DM500HD & OPenPLI - How to activate crontab? #2
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 19:04
Run the following:
opkg install busybox-cron
Then you can use "crontab -e" to edit the crontab like on any linux system.
Just out of curiousity: Why do you want to reboot it every morning? I never reboot mine unless it's absolutely necessary.
opkg install busybox-cron
Then you can use "crontab -e" to edit the crontab like on any linux system.
Just out of curiousity: Why do you want to reboot it every morning? I never reboot mine unless it's absolutely necessary.
Edited by MiLo, 27 March 2012 - 19:04.
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Re: DM500HD & OPenPLI - How to activate crontab? #3
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 19:17
Run the following:
opkg install busybox-cron
Then you can use "crontab -e" to edit the crontab like on any linux system.
Just out of curiousity: Why do you want to reboot it every morning? I never reboot mine unless it's absolutely necessary.
Thanks. Not sure if I got the syntax right as it tells me "Unknown package 'busybox-crontab'.
I typed "opkg install busybox-crontab".
The reason is that I have to restart the box on a regular basis - at least every other day - as it has lost contact with my router. This is fine when I'm here and remember to check, but, is no good when I am away from home. So, if I can do this every night then I know it won't be off for long.
Re: DM500HD & OPenPLI - How to activate crontab? #4
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 19:57
same same but different...
Run the following:
opkg install busybox-cron
I typed "opkg install busybox-crontab".
True sarcasm doesn't need green font...
Re: DM500HD & OPenPLI - How to activate crontab? #5
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Posted 28 March 2012 - 12:24
same same but different
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Run the following:
opkg install busybox-cron
I typed "opkg install busybox-crontab".
What an idiot - thanks!!!!
Re: DM500HD & OPenPLI - How to activate crontab? #6
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Posted 28 March 2012 - 17:47
...as it has lost contact with my router...
What's wrong then? Or is the router just broken?
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Re: DM500HD & OPenPLI - How to activate crontab? #7
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Posted 28 March 2012 - 20:15
Don't know - just know that I have to power off/on most days!!!!! Router is fine with all other devices, so, not convinced that's the problem....as it has lost contact with my router...
What's wrong then? Or is the router just broken?
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