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#1 2005-05-07 08:40:09

aikidoist72
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Local Mirror - Wiki - help please

Hello peoples,

I have read and followed the Wiki on having a local mirror  http://wiki2.archlinux.org/index.php/Local%20Mirror

My updates do not occur automatically, and I do not have the knowledge yet to fix this so I was wondering if there is a better way of doing this.  I have read Man:crond and crontab but am left a little confused as to how this can be incorporated into using the original script.  Also I would like to automate the time to 0200HRS.   Can somebody help me out please?   big_smile


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#2 2005-05-07 11:33:43

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Re: Local Mirror - Wiki - help please

It's not a good idea to automatically update your system, because config files may need updating. So if you want to do something automatically then use the download only option and let a script send an email when there are new packages, or something like that. Then manually update the systen when you can see what happens and can update the configs.

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#3 2005-05-08 23:07:45

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Re: Local Mirror - Wiki - help please

Thankyou for your reply i3839,

From your answer, I can define more clearly what the issue is.  The updating I was refering to was only the ¨Current¨ and ¨Extra¨ database that I sync.  The script given in the wiki didn´t work for me so here is my version that works for me.

#!/bin/sh
rsync -avz --delete rsync.archlinux.org::ftp/current/os/i686/ /home/mirror/current/os/i686
rsync -avz --delete rsync.archlinux.org::ftp/extra/os/i686/  /home/mirror/extra/os/i686
# rsync -avz --delete rsync.archlinux.org::ftp/testing /mirror/
# rsync -avz --delete rsync.archlinux.org::ftp/unstable /mirror/

The two issues I have are:
1. the script does not run automatically via cron.daily/sync file, yet when I click on the sync.sh file it works. 
2. The updates occur at 0002hrs, which I would like to change to 0200hrs instead
cron.daily/sync:

!/bin/sh
SYNCLOGFILE="/var/log/sync.log"
SYNCLOCKFILE="/var/lock/sync.lock"

if [ -f $SYNCLOCKFILE ]; then
  # lock file already present, bail
  exit 1
fi

echo -n ">>> Sync log for " > $SYNCLOGFILE
date >> $SYNCLOGFILE

cd /home/mirror
touch $SYNCLOCKFILE
su - evan -c "/home/mirror/sync.sh" >> $SYNCLOGFILE
rm -f $SYNCLOCKFILE

Also, the sync.log and sync.lock files have not been created. Is this a permissions issue and if so how do I fix it?

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#4 2005-05-08 23:55:43

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Re: Local Mirror - Wiki - help please

try this as root:

 crontab -e
00 02 * * *  /etc/cron.daily/sync

below whats already there.

If that doesn't work you've probably got the permisions wrong. In that case do:

chown root /etc/cron.daily/sync
chmod 744 /etc/cron.daily/sync

..and make sure you have crond added to your DAEMONS() array in /etc/rc.conf

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#5 2005-05-09 02:35:04

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Re: Local Mirror - Wiki - help please

Excellent Penguin,

Thankyou!!  That is exactly what I was after.  I will let you know if this works .....err........tomorrow!   lol

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#6 2005-05-09 21:30:54

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Re: Local Mirror - Wiki - help please

By looking at /etc/log/sync.log it appears to have worked.  Both files were created, and when I try to manually invok the /home/mirror/sync.sh file there seems to be no movement on my eth0 monitor 

I am confused by this command tho.

su - evan -c "/home/mirror/sync.sh" >> $SYNCLOGFILE

what does it do?  Also does this mean that /home/mirror/sync.sh should be owned by root or by user (evan)?

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#7 2005-05-09 22:06:30

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Re: Local Mirror - Wiki - help please

from:

su - evan -c "/home/mirror/sync.sh" >> $SYNCLOGFILE

I gather /etc/cron.daily/sync calls on /home/mirror/sync.sh to work properly, and logs the output into your log file ( >> $SYNCLOGFILE).
Also,  /home/mirror/sync.sh should be owned evan and probably chmoded 744, hence su - evan -c "/home/mirrors/sync.sh".

Did that script run once or twice last night?

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#8 2005-05-09 22:32:56

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Re: Local Mirror - Wiki - help please

Hi Penguin,

Only once -  well there was only one entry in the file.

The root# crontab -e command looks like this

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY!! USE crontab -e INSTEAD.
#

# <minute> <hour> <day> <month> <dow> <command>


01 * * * *  /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
02 00 * * * /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.daily
22 00 * * 0 /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.weekly
42 00 1 * * /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.monthly

0       0        *       *       *       /usr/bin/archstats -u
0       2       *       *       *       /home/mirror/sync.sh
0       2       *       *       *       /etc/cron.daily/sync
~
~
"/tmp/crontab.27412" 15L, 407C                

I thought of deleting the /home/mirror/sync.sh line, as the /etc/cron.daily/sync file should now do this automatically. I will wait for your response before I do though.

  I really want to learn more about writing scripts.  What would you suggest I should start studying?
I appreciate your help with this  big_smile

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#9 2005-05-09 22:53:13

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Re: Local Mirror - Wiki - help please

Yeah I dont think you need the /home/mirror/sync.sh file in the crontab. I would just comment out tat line with a # and test it now instead of later. The only thing that would be different to test it now would be changing the /etc/cron.daily/sync entry to the minute  hour to at least one minute ahead of the current time (it checks the crontab every minute for changes) and the rest would be:
* * 1     
The one represents monday.
I dont know why you had to specifically add the path to the crontab becuase when you place a script in any of those cron.* folders, it should execute at the given time specified. Thats why I asked if it ran twice..You might as well move that script out of the cron.daily folder and into the /home/mirror as the other, that should work as well as long as you specify the new path.

As far as bash scripting goes, I don't really have a good source for you other than this. I've been wanting to find a good source my self regarding the if and for statements...

Let me know what happens with the crontab adjustment wink

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#10 2005-05-09 23:42:42

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Re: Local Mirror - Wiki - help please

Before moving the files you suggested, I tried a little experiment.
root# crontab -e

17 09 * * * /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.daily

And alas it worked  :shock:

>>> Sync log for Tue May 10 09:17:00 UTC 2005

So I adjusted crontab -e to....

# <minute> <hour> <day> <month> <dow> <command>


01 * * * *  /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
0 02 * * * /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.daily
22 00 * * 0 /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.weekly
42 00 1 * * /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.monthly

0       0        *       *       *       /usr/bin/archstats -u

I think Arch realised I had help from a professional and gave in!!!!  wink
If it fails in the future, I will do as you suggest.  In fact it sounds logical to do it anyway, as all the relevant info is in the same folder.  Thankyou for your help mate!! 

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#11 2005-05-10 00:05:16

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Re: Local Mirror - Wiki - help please

yarrr!

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