[Dxspider-support] Crontab running ?

[Michael Serowik]

In Debian 12, the traditional syslog system has been replaced with systemd-journald. This means that the old log files like syslog, messages, auth.log are no longer used. Instead, all system logs are now stored in a centralized journal, which is accessible using the journalctl command.

To view the system logs, you can use the following command:

journalctl

This will display all of the logs in the journal. You can also filter the logs by using options like -p (priority) and -u (unit). For example, to view only the logs from the syslog unit, you would use the following command:

journalctl -u syslog

You can also specify a start and end time for the logs you want to view. For example, to view the logs from the past hour, you would use the following command:

journalctl --since "1 hour ago"

 

 

Mike-N3bsq

 

From: Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk> On Behalf Of Erik Schott via Dxspider-support
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2024 6:45 PM
To: dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk
Cc: Erik Schott <fhaschott at gmail.com>
Subject: [Dxspider-support] Crontab running ?

 

Dear all,

 

Is there a way how I can check that cronjobs are running ?

In this case when I checked the Kepler sets (sh/sat), I get the following:

 

Satellites available/Age of Keps (days):-

               AO-07: 6827                 AO-10: 6828

               AO-16: 6827                 AO-27: 6827

               AO-40: 6826                 AO-51: 6826

            FENGYUN1: 6826                 FO-29: 6827





If I read it correct, there are very old datasets but I may be wrong.





I found a cronjob for updating the keppler sets and put it in the crontab





# AutoUpdate Keps (At 02:00 on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday)

0 2 * * 2,4,6 spawn("cd /tmp | wget -qN http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt & /spider/perl/convkeps.pl -p nasabare.txt &")

5 2 * * 2,4,6 run_cmd("load/keps")

10 2 * * 2,4,6 spawn("rm /tmp/nasabare.txt")

 

How do I know or can I check that the job has successfully completed. (Thursday has passed with the cronjob active)

I tried to do the commands one by one but then I get an error.

I can’t find the cron log, something strange going on with logs and Debian 12.

 





sysop at hamradio:/tmp$ ~$ wget -qN http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt

sysop at hamradio:/tmp$ /home/sysop/spider/perl/convkeps.pl -p nasabare.txt

120 keps converted

sysop at hamradio:/tmp$  /home/sysop/spider/cmd/load/kepspl

/home/sysop/spider/cmd/load/keps.pl: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `$self,'

/home/sysop/spider/cmd/load/keps.pl: line 4: `my ($self, $line) = @_;'





Code keps.pl





#

# load the the keps file after changing it

#

my ($self, $line) = @_;

return (1, $self->msg('e5')) if $self->priv < 5;

 

if ($line =~ /^(\d+)$/) {

     my $msgno = $1;

     my $mref = DXMsg::get($msgno);

     return (1, $self->msg('m4', $msgno)) unless $mref;

     return (1, $self->msg('sat5')) unless $mref->subject =~ /\b\d{3,6}\.AMSAT\b/i;

     my $fn = DXMsg::filename($msgno);

     my $fh = new IO::File "$main::root/perl/convkeps.pl $fn |";

     my @in = <$fh>;

     $fh->close;

     return (1, @in) if @in;

}

my @out = Sun::load($self);

@out = ($self->msg('ok')) if !@out;

return (1, @out); 

 

Server:    dxcluster.pa0esh.nl

OS:        Debian 12

Software        DXSpider V1.57 build 547





Thanks in advance for some guidance…





Erik, 

PA0ESH

 



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