Cron jobs ffp script

Supposing you already know what cron is, here is how you enable cronjobs on your NAS. Below are two ffp scripts, one for enabling the service, and the other for cronjobs.

#!/ffp/bin/sh

# PROVIDE: crond
# REQUIRE: LOGIN

. /ffp/etc/ffp.subr

name="crond"
start_cmd="crond_start"
stop_cmd="crond_stop"
status_cmd="crond_status"

crond_start()
{
  cronfile=/var/run/crond.pid
  
  #get the pid, if it exists
  if [ ! -f $cronfile ];then
    crond -b -L /mnt/HD_a2/logs/cron.log
    return
  fi
    thispid=`cat $cronfile`
  if [ ! -d /proc/$thispid ];then
    crond -b -L /mnt/HD_a2/logs/cron.log
    return
  else
    echo "crond is already running"
  fi
}

crond_stop()
{
  cronfile=/var/run/crond.pid
  
  #get the pid, if it exists
  if [ ! -f $cronfile ];then
      echo "crond is not running"
      return
  fi
      thispid=`cat $cronfile`
  if [ ! -d /proc/$thispid ];then
      echo "crond is not running"
  else
      kill -9 $thispid
  fi
  
}

crond_status()
{
  cronfile=/var/run/crond.pid
  
  #get the pid, if it exists
  if [ ! -f $cronfile ];then
    echo "crond is not running"
    return
  fi
  thispid=`cat $cronfile`
  if [ ! -d /proc/$thispid ];then
    echo "crond is not running"
  else
    echo "crond is running normally"
  fi
}

run_rc_command "$1"

#!/ffp/bin/sh

# PROVIDE: cronjobs
# REQUIRE: LOGIN

. /ffp/etc/ffp.subr

name="cronjobs"
start_cmd="cronjobs_start"
stop_cmd="cronjobs_stop"
status_cmd="cronjobs_status"

cronjobs_start()
{
  # Report jobs log to an email address
  echo "EMAIL=" > /tmp/cronjobs
  
  # Job 1 - Example that will download latest set of ffp packages automatically
  echo "0 0 * * * /ffp/bin/rsync -av inreto.de::dns323/fun-plug/0.5/packages /mnt/HD_a2 > /mnt/HD_a2/rsync_ffp_packages.log" >>/tmp/cronjobs
  
  # Import jobs to service
  crontab /tmp/cronjobs
  echo "setting the following cron jobs:"
  cat /tmp/cronjobs
  rm /tmp/cronjobs
}

cronjobs_stop(){
  echo "" >>/tmp/cronjobs
  crontab /tmp/cronjobs
  echo "removing all cron jobs"
  rm /tmp/cronjobs
}

cronjobs_status()
{
  echo "status not available"
}

run_rc_command "$1"