• Argus & Polling

    From Darryl Wood@1:229/354 to All on Saturday, March 23, 2019 19:17:44
    I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever so often. 6 hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it never goes off. What else am I missing?

    Thanks in advance
    Darryl
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  • From Paul Quinn@3:640/1384 to Darryl Wood on Sunday, March 24, 2019 10:34:25
    Hi! Darryl,

    On 23 Mar 19 21:17, you wrote to All:

    I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever so often. 6 hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it never goes off. What else am I
    missing?

    It's been a while since I poked at these things... I'd say that that would go off at 0600hrs every day, like once only. What you need is "0 */6", I think. It should then go off at: 0000, 0600, 1200. and, 1800hrs.

    Did that help?

    Cheers,
    Paul.

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  • From Darryl Wood@1:229/354 to Paul Quinn on Saturday, March 23, 2019 23:04:58
    On 23 Mar 19 21:17, you wrote to All:

    I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever so often. 6
    hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it never goes off. What else am I
    missing?

    It's been a while since I poked at these things... I'd say that that would go off at 0600hrs every day, like once only. What you need is
    "0 */6", I think. It should then go off at: 0000, 0600, 1200. and, 1800hrs.
    Did that help?

    Thats what I had it for in my first attempt, and it never went off. I even went
    as far at 0 1 for hourly, never saw it go off as per the logs at least.

    Darryl.
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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Darryl Wood on Sunday, March 24, 2019 04:42:34
    Thats what I had it for in my first attempt, and it never went off. I
    even went as far at 0 1 for hourly, never saw it go off as per the logs
    at least.

    I guess it all boils down to what your "String to execute" looks like. Assuming of course that you are talking about Externals --> Cron here...



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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Darryl Wood on Saturday, March 23, 2019 23:59:00
    On 03-23-19 21:17, Darryl Wood <=-
    spoke to All about Argus & Polling <=-


    I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever
    so often. 6 hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to
    poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it
    never goes off. What else am I missing?

    I don't know why it never fires, I would think that should fire at 0
    min, 6 hour. (not every six hours). I think that what you might want
    would be 0 6,12,18,24 * * * . I'm not 100% sure about the 24, and to be cautious I would set the cron to be something like 50 5,11,17,23 * * *
    which would poll at 05:50, 11:50, 17:50 and 23:50.

    If that does not fire for you, then something else is wrong.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)



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  • From Darryl Wood@1:229/354 to Dale Shipp on Sunday, March 24, 2019 15:31:17
    I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever
    so often. 6 hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to
    poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it
    never goes off. What else am I missing?

    I don't know why it never fires, I would think that should fire at 0
    min, 6 hour. (not every six hours). I think that what you might wantwould be 0 6,12,18,24 * * * . I'm not 100% sure about the 24,
    and to becautious I would set the cron to be something like 50
    5,11,17,23 * * *which would poll at 05:50, 11:50, 17:50 and 23:50.

    If that does not fire for you, then something else is wrong.

    Thanks kindly. That may be my issue right there. I will play around more today. Cheers
    Darryl.
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  • From Darryl Wood@1:229/354 to Dale Shipp on Sunday, March 24, 2019 16:42:09
    I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever
    so often. 6 hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to
    poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it
    never goes off. What else am I missing?

    I don't know why it never fires, I would think that should fire at 0
    min, 6 hour. (not every six hours). I think that what you might wantwould be 0 6,12,18,24 * * * . I'm not 100% sure about the 24,
    and to becautious I would set the cron to be something like 50
    5,11,17,23 * * *which would poll at 05:50, 11:50, 17:50 and 23:50.

    WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER. Thank you very much Dale, that was the issue. I did a test with it for hourly on the 1/2hr, 30 0,1,2,etc etc and it appears to be working. Now to reduce the number of times I poll a day. Seems a little, over zealous.

    Darryl.
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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Darryl Wood on Sunday, March 24, 2019 23:02:00
    On 03-24-19 18:42, Darryl Wood <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Argus & Polling <=-

    WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER. Thank you very much Dale,

    Do you deliver? Or at least come over to the COOKING echo and give us a recipe:-}}

    that was the issue. I did a test with it for hourly on the
    1/2hr, 30 0,1,2,etc etc and it appears to be working. Now
    to reduce the number of times I poll a day. Seems a little,
    over zealous.

    Glad to help. The Argus HELP file is a big help also.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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