Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
pm2 doesnt work with crontab
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@keineahnung123 u need to run pm2 as the user that did the save and where mm was running. it cannot be root
you also create a user specific crontab in /var/spool/cron
user needs to own the file, then username is not required on the contab entries themselvesEach user, including root, can have a cron file. These files don't exist by default, but can be created in the /var/spool/cron directory using the crontab -e command that's also -
@sdetweil Thanks.
With
sudo nano /etc/crontaband
30 16 * * * pi /home/pi/.config/nvm/versions/node/v10.23.0/bin/node /home/pi/.config/nvm/versions/node/v10.23.0/bin/pm2 stop mmit seems to work :)
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@keineahnung123 i don’t think u need those paths now
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45 16 * * * pi pm2 stop mmdoesnt work. I have to set the paths.
I think there went something wrong when i upgraded to buster.
I had a shellscript withcd ~/MagicMirror && npm startwhich worked fine and after the upgrade to buster i have to use
cd ~/MagicMirror && /home/pi/.config/nvm/versions/node/v10.23.0/bin/npm startotherwise it says “npm: not found”
Same seems to be with crontab…
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@keineahnung123 looks like u need to reinstall nvm
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@sdetweil said in pm2 doesnt work with crontab:
@keineahnung123 looks like u need to reinstall nvm
nvm or npm?
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@keineahnung123 nvm
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@keineahnung123
Hello, i Can send you a script om monday, where you make backup to a small .img and where is restart you MagicMirror on the same time. -
@Assassins
I would like to see this script. Please. -
This is all I use in my crontab -e
15 07 * * * pm2 start mm
30 21 * * * pm2 stop all
Shuts MM down at 9:30 pm
Starts MM backup at 7:15 am
EVERYDAY.
I have a Black background color and the bar at the bottom using black background which makes it look like the screen is off basically.
That way it doesn’t flood the room with light at night.
Also less read / writes to the ssd drive I use for my MM.
