[ZendTo] Re: Cron errors

[Jules]

On 13/12/2012 17:37, Seth Turner wrote:
>
> Hi Jules,
>
> Here is the cron file:
>
> # /etc/cron.d/zendto: crontab fragment for zendto
>
> 5 0 * * * root /usr/bin/php /opt/zendto/sbin/cleanup.php 
> /opt/zendto/config/preferences.php
>
> 2 10 * * * root /usr/bin/php /opt/zendto/sbin/rrdInit.php 
> /opt/zendto/config/preferences.php
>
> 2 12 * * * root /usr/bin/php /opt/zendto/sbin/rrdUpdate.php 
> /opt/zendto/config/preferences.php
>
> Are you saying to change it to:
>
> # /etc/cron.d/zendto: crontab fragment for zendto
>
> 5 0 * * * root /usr/bin/php /opt/zendto/sbin/cleanup.php 
> /opt/zendto/config/preferences.php
>
> 2 10 * * * root /usr/bin/php /opt/zendto/sbin/rrdInit.php /dev/null
>
> 2 12 * * * root /usr/bin/php /opt/zendto/sbin/rrdUpdate.php /dev/null
>
No. Sorry, I clearly misunderstood how much Unix/linux sysadmin you 
know. :-)
Just add this onto the end of each line:
     >/dev/null 2>&1

You'll then need to do a "service crond reload" for it to re-read the 
crontab files, or else your changes won't be noticed.

Jules.

> Thank you,
>
> Seth
>
> *From:*zendto-bounces at zend.to [mailto:zendto-bounces at zend.to] *On 
> Behalf Of *Jules
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:47 AM
> *To:* ZendTo Users
> *Subject:* [ZendTo] Re: Cron errors
>
> On 11/12/2012 23:02, Seth Turner wrote:
>
>     Hello everyone,
>
>     First, let me express my thanks to Jules. We are new to Zend, but
>     have our virtual server running in production and love it. I do,
>     however, see the following two error emails from cron processes.
>
>     "481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188
>
>     481x188"
>
> That's rrdgraph generating the usage stats images. Just send the 
> output of the cron job (it's in /etc/cron.d) to /dev/null.
>
>
>     And
>
>     "7
>
>     /usr/bin/rrdtool update /var/zendto/rrd/zendto.rrd
>     1354770000:1:1:35838.3
>
>     ERROR: /var/zendto/rrd/zendto.rrd: illegal attempt to update using
>     time 1354770000 when last update time is 1354770000 (minimum one
>     second step)"
>
> Every night it tries to recreate all the stats data it can from the 
> entire month's worth of data available to it, in case your RRD stats 
> file gets deleted or corrupted by mistake. But if the data is intact 
> and okay, rrdtool complains when it tries to overwrite the old data in 
> the file.
>
> Again, this is quite harmless and you can just send the cron job 
> output to /dev/null.
>
> Jules.
>
>
>     Any suggestions on a fix?
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Seth
>
>
>
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