Questions tagged [systemd-timer]
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Using systemd timer to change the background wallpaper
I am trying to use systemd timers to change my background wallpaper and it doesn't seem to be doing what I want.
Blelow I have listed the relevant files and outputs that I have.
bgchange.timer
[Unit]
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How do you create a systemd user timer that will start only after X has started?
I currently have this timer:
[Unit]
Description=Schedule wallpaper rotation
[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* *:00:00
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=graphical-session.target
Which runs this service:
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Systemd - stop service at calendar time
I have a systemd service I would like to keep running between set times (let's say midnight to 6 AM).
The closest thing I have found so far is limiting it to a set amount of runtime:
[Unit]
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systemd: Failed to parse calendar specification, ignoring
I am trying to clean my docker registry daily using systemd:
Here is myfile contents:
[Unit]
Description=registry-gc
[Timer]
OnCalendar=41 15 * * *
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
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How to display echo messages from a systemd-timer script in journalctl?
I run via a systemd timer a shell script that starts some programs (they display some output) and uses echo to provide some feedback.
root@srv ~ [127]# cat /etc/systemd/system/borg.timer
[Unit]
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systemd: Failed to parse calendar specification, ignoring: 5m
I am trying to get a simple systemd service to run on a timer unit. For some reason, systemd doesn't seem to like the way I am specifying time. The script worked when I used minutely or daily as the ...
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How to edit a systemd timer where persistent=true?
This on a Raspberry Pi 4 running Buster.
I have a systemd timer that runs once a day at a particular time. I also have persistent=true. I want to change that time. But, if I edit the file with a new ...
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How to create an ephemeral user-level systemd timer on the commandline without unit/timer files?
Suppose I want to run the command notify-send "invoked" "$(date)" every 5 seconds using systemd timers.
I know how to create a corresponding unit file and a timer file, then enable ...
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Systemd: Start service if a path is found but only between 9AM and 6PM
I wonder if there's some way to have both the functionality of a Path unit and a Timer. The idea is to start a specific service if a path on the system is found but only between 9AM and 6PM.
Currently ...
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systemd timer does not display trigger & does not repeat
As explained in GoAccess 1.4 detailed tutorial, I've create a goa-daily.timer
[Unit]
Description=Daily update of GoAccess reports
[Timer]
# Every day @ 3 O'clock
OnCalendar=*-*-* 03:00:00
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Trouble with keeping process launched by systemd service alive
I am trying to to get my first systemd service working as desired. Here is what I have:
gateway-watchdog.service:
# A systemd service for the Gateway Watchdog
[Unit]
Description=gateway-watchdog: ...
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disabled/static systemd service unit is always started at reboot (systemd timers as cron replacement)
Summary
A systemd service unit that is disabled ("static") and is only supposed to be triggered by a timer is run on every reboot.
Background
This was a service unit (in /etc/systemd/system/)...
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What is the easiest way to run a program from time X to time Y?
There is a certain potentially failing process that I want to run until it succeeds, during the night time, say, from 23:00 to 7:00, but not later.
A possible solution would be to:
Add a cron job for ...
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What is the most efficient way to run a task every X hours of runtime, accumulated over all power-ons?
Let us assume that I have a machine which wakes up at 7:00, does some work, usually for 15 minutes, but sometimes for days (e.g., experiment supervision), and after the works is done, it powers ...
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OnCalendar systemd timer unit still executes at boot, how to stop it?
I have the following unit enabled and started
[Unit]
Description=Schedule a nightly execution at 03.15 for Backup ROOT
# Allow manual start
RefuseManualStart=no
# Allow manual stop
RefuseManualStop=no
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