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gabx

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Registered: 2011-11-20

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[SOLVED] bad systemd unit file setting

I want to set a weekly snapshot of my home subvolume. To do this, I wrote a drop-in file this way (the default one set a daily snapshot):

$ cat /etc/systemd/system/yabsnap.timer.d/yabsnap-weekly.conf

[Timer]
OnCalendar=
OnCalendar=Mon *_*_* 02:00:00


# systemctl start yabsnap.timer
Failed to start yabsnap.timer: Unit yabsnap.timer has a bad unit file setting.
See system logs and 'systemctl status yabsnap.timer' for details.

# systemctl status yabsnap.timer
○ yabsnap.timer - Yet Another Btrfs Snapshotter Timer
     Loaded: bad-setting (Reason: Unit yabsnap.timer has a bad unit file setting.)
    Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/yabsnap.timer.d
             └─yabsnap-weekly.conf
     Active: inactive (dead)
    Trigger: n/a
   Triggers: ● yabsnap.service
Sep 16 11:26:06 magnolia systemd[1]: /etc/systemd/system/yabsnap.timer.d/yabsnap-weekly.conf:4: Failed to parse calendar specification, ignoring: Mon *_*_* 02:00:00
Sep 16 11:26:06 magnolia systemd[1]: yabsnap.timer: Timer unit lacks value setting. Refusing.

Looking at the logs, I have this entry:
yabsnap.timer: Timer unit lacks value setting. Refusing

Surprisingly, after this forum thread, my settings were good and the service timer was working perfectly. I didn't change anything since then but the timer is now broken.

I don't see where the error comes from. Thank you for help

Last edited by gabx (2024-09-16 11:10:25)

gabx

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From: Geneva, Switzerland

Registered: 2011-11-20

Posts: 245

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Re: [SOLVED] bad systemd unit file setting

the line with the date must be changed: the underscore must be replaced by minus

[Timer]
OnCalendar=
OnCalendar=Mon *-*-* 02:00:00