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Example of Using Flock in CURL to Avoid Multiple Parallel Instances
my bash script runs using incron whenever there is change in directory. However, since multiple images are uploaded, so I don't want to run multiple instances of CURL (that is used to build thumbnail ...
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Passing a String variable or String array into a curl script from python
I have a curl script taken from Vonage's website that send a message to my personal WhatsApp containing whatever is inside the " " after "text":
curl -X POST https://messages-...
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Format URL with the system date in bash
I would run a .sh script to execute an operation from a server only if the given URL is up.
The URL where I get data updates everyday (but I dont know exactly what time it updates).
A cron job would ...
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Troubleshooting Cron with Curl on Pushgateway (Prometheus)
I'm testing Pushgateway along Prometheus, pushing simple data about my VMs' services every minute with a bash script and curl, triggered by crontab.
I have two bash scripts.
The first one, cpu_usage....
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Crontab not executing CURL command in linux
I created bash script and tried to execute it manually.then it's working properly.
After that I created crontab and set it to execute after every 5 minutes.but it's not working.
here is my script
#!/...
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Cron job sometimes fails with error by curl
I made a cron job in (Ubuntu 14 Trusty), like this way:
sudo crontab-e
then
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
* * * * * curl --silent http://www....cron_script....
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Nested cURL call
I've one cron task to update my DDNS with my current ip address and do it through a cURL call.
The problem is one of the parameters to pass in the call is the CURRENT IP and in order to discover ir i ...
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curl error 56 (failure receiving network data) when run from cron
I have a bash script that uses curl to retrieve a file. It runs fine when I run it from interactive bash shell but curl fails with exit code 56 (failure in receiving network data) when I run the ...
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Execute a curl command if cronjob backup fails
I have a cronjob that takes backup of my DB every 10 min. I want to receive an SMS whenever the backup fails.
Example:
*/1 * * * * sudo /usr/local/sbin/mysql.sh 2>&1 | curl 'http:www.smsapi....
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cURL doesn't work in CRON
My shell script works fine when running it from terminal (e.g., ./postdata.sh), but when run from CRON it doesn't work. I've confirmed the PATH and am using full paths to call the shell scripts. I'...
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S3 Upload via CURL fails when triggered via cronjob
I'm using a script dump-to-s3.sh to put database dumps in a S3 bucket.
When triggered manually it works perfectly but when I trigger it via this cron (as root crontab) it fails with the following ...
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Percent sign % not working in crontab
I have a cron issue with curl:
curl -w "%{time_total}\n" -o /dev/null -s http://myurl.com >> ~/log
works great and add a line in log file with total_time.
But the same line with cron doesn't ...
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curl wierd behaviour when script runs as a cron job
I have a shell script file which contains a curl command running in a loop. The problem is that when I set the script to run as a cron job, curl doesn't work fine anymore. Most of the times it runs ...
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Execute bash script from url via cron
I am trying to get a cloud server (built from an image I have saved) to execute a script from a URL upon startup, but the script is not executing properly.
I used one of the answers from Execute bash ...
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Cron job works differently than as stand alone
I have a shell script that periodically checks the ADSL external IP address and send it to my email if it has changed.
#! /bin/sh
NEWIP=`/usr/bin/curl ifconfig.me`
OLDIP=`cat ./current`
logger "$...
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