<html><body><div dir="auto">Hi Erik, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The problem you have is that keps.pl is an internal dxspider command. You have to run it from the console.</div><div dir="auto">About the crontab, the same. It is the dxspider cron, so you have to look for the traces in local_data/debug/2024/<day of the year><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">73 de Kin EA3CV</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="mail-editor-reference-message-container" dir="auto"><br><hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%"><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>De:</strong> Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk> en nombre de Erik Schott via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk><br><strong>Enviado:</strong> sábado, octubre 12, 2024 12:45:43 a. m.<br><strong>Para:</strong> dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk><br><strong>CC:</strong> Erik Schott <fhaschott@gmail.com><br><strong>Asunto:</strong> [Dxspider-support] Crontab running ?<br></div><br><font face="Courier New">Dear all,</font><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Is there a way how I can check that cronjobs are running ?</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">In this case when I checked the Kepler sets (sh/sat), I get the following:</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><p style="margin:0px; font-stretch:normal; font-size:11px; line-height:normal; font-size-adjust:none; font-kerning:auto; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New">Satellites available/Age of Keps (days):-</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px; font-stretch:normal; font-size:11px; line-height:normal; font-size-adjust:none; font-kerning:auto; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New"> AO-07: 6827 AO-10: 6828</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px; font-stretch:normal; font-size:11px; line-height:normal; font-size-adjust:none; font-kerning:auto; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New"> AO-16: 6827 AO-27: 6827</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px; font-stretch:normal; font-size:11px; line-height:normal; font-size-adjust:none; font-kerning:auto; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New"> AO-40: 6826 AO-51: 6826</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px; font-stretch:normal; font-size:11px; line-height:normal; font-size-adjust:none; font-kerning:auto; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New"> FENGYUN1: 6826 FO-29: 6827</font></span></p></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New">If I read it correct, there are very old datasets but I may be wrong.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New">I found a cronjob for updating the keppler sets and put it in the crontab</font></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New"><div># AutoUpdate Keps (At 02:00 on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday)</div><div>0 2 * * 2,4,6 spawn("cd /tmp | wget -qN http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt & /spider/perl/convkepspl -p nasabare.txt &")</div><div>5 2 * * 2,4,6 run_cmd("load/keps")</div><div>10 2 * * 2,4,6 spawn("rm /tmp/nasabare.txt")</div><div><br></div><div>How do I know or can I check that the job has successfully completed. (Thursday has passed with the cronjob active)</div><div>I tried to do the commands one by one but then I get an error.</div><div>I can’t find the cron log, something strange going on with logs and Debian 12.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: rgb(47, 180, 29);"><b><br></b></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: rgb(47, 180, 29);"><b>sysop@hamradio</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">:</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: rgb(64, 11, 217);"><b>/tmp</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">$ </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: rgb(64, 11, 217);"><b>~</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">$ wget -qN http://www.amsatorg/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt</span></div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span><div><p style="margin:0px; font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal; font-size-adjust:none; font-kerning:auto; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: rgb(47, 180, 29);"><b>sysop@hamradio</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">:</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: rgb(64, 11, 217);"><b>/tmp</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">$ /home/sysop/spider/perl/convkeps.pl -p nasabare.txt</span></p><p style="margin:0px; font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal; font-size-adjust:none; font-kerning:auto; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">120 keps converted</span></p><p style="margin:0px; font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal; font-size-adjust:none; font-kerning:auto; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: rgb(47, 180, 29);"><b>sysop@hamradio:</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: rgb(64, 11, 217);"><b>/tmp</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">$ </span> /home/sysop/spider/cmd/load/keps.pl</p><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span><p style="margin:0px; font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal; font-size-adjust:none; font-kerning:auto; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">/home/sysop/spider/cmd/load/keps.pl: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `$self,'</span></p><p style="margin:0px; font-stretch:normal; line-height:normal; font-size-adjust:none; font-kerning:auto; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">/home/sysop/spider/cmd/load/keps.pl: line 4: `my ($self, $line) = @_;'</span></p></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Code keps.pl</span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><div>#</div><div># load the the keps file after changing it</div><div>#</div><div>my ($self, $line) = @_;</div><div>return (1, $self->msg('e5')) if $self->priv < 5;</div><div><br></div><div>if ($line =~ /^(\d+)$/) {</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>my $msgno = $1;</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>my $mref = DXMsg::get($msgno);</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>return (1, $self->msg('m4', $msgno)) unless $mref;</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>return (1, $self->msg('sat5')) unless $mref->subject =~ /\b\d{3,6}\.AMSAT\b/i;</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>my $fn = DXMsg::filename($msgno);</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>my $fh = new IO::File "$main::root/perl/convkeps.pl $fn |";</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>my @in = <$fh>;</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$fh->close;</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>return (1, @in) if @in;</div><div>}</div><div>my @out = Sun::load($self);</div><div>@out = ($self->msg('ok')) if !@out;</div><div>return (1, @out); </div><div><br></div></span></div><div>Server: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>dxcluster.pa0esh.nl</div><div>OS:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Debian 12</div><div><p style="margin:0px; font-stretch:normal; font-size:11px; line-height:normal; font-size-adjust:none; font-kerning:auto; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Software<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> DXSpider V1.57 build 547</span></p></div></font></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New">Thanks in advance for some guidance…</font></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New">Erik, </font></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="Courier New">PA0ESH</font></span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br></div></body></html>