Autorestart at special time

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Hello,

I have a question. Is there a way (Addon) to restart my Kodi/Vero 4k everyday At 6 o clock in the morning?

Many Thanks

Shawn

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You could do this using cron.

Sam

3

Hi,

Easiest way to do it would be a a cron job:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/linux/usage/cron.md

you will need to access the command line:

sudo crontab -e

* 6 * * * /bin/bash /sbin/reboot

* 6 * * * /sbin/reboot

Thanks Tom.

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Install cron from app-store first .

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Not sure if thats required I’ve not installed cron in myosmc and yet its installed and the service is enabled. I’ve not done it manually, not had vero4k+ long

Logged in to the wrong vero, @joakim_s is indeed correct cron does need to be installed.

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Why would one need to reboot OSMC daily? Is there any need for that? Is OSMC not supposed to run 24/7 “without a glitch” like other distros?

If it’s only to reduce the risk of Kodi misbehaving, one could set the following instead:

0 6 * * * /bin/systemctl restart mediacenter
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Hi everyone.
If i enter

  • sudo crontab -e
    or
  • crontab -e

i get the error “crontab: command not found”.
How can i install crontab?

“sudo apt install crontab”?

Many Thanks for every help

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Check this reply:

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Where can i find the “App-Store”?

Many Thanks!

Shawn

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In myosmc which is under program add-ons.

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Head to the console, and then:

$ sudo apt install cron

(this what I did yesterday)

Apparently, you don’t need to use sudo to restart the mediacenter. Only input crontab -e (then, hit enter) to add the above task.

crontab -l to list the tasks for user osmc.

(no need to use sudo with crontab)

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Then that’s what I have to do if I understand it correctly, isn’t it?

  1. Connect to the command line SSH.
  2. Enter “Sudo apt install cron” or install it from App-Store und (myOSMC).
  3. Connect to the command line SSH and Enter “crontab -e”
  4. Add “0 6 * * * /bin/systemctl restart mediacenter”

if something works wrong. How can i delete my entry in the Crontab? Only delete the line?

Many Thanks

Shawn

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Correct, just remove that line.

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Yeah, connect via SSH, run sudo apt install cron, then crontab -e afterwards. Add 0 6 * * * /bin/systemctl restart mediacenter, then save and exit your editor. To revert back to default, crontab -e again, then suppress the entry, save and exit the editor.

After exiting the editor, you should read:

crontab: installing new crontab
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One last question? How can i save the crontab after editing the line?

Exit will let me out of it.

Shawn

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ctrl-x and yes to save.

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Many Thanks to everybody who helped me. I Think i have done it.

Is there any way to control that the crontab works fine? Log / command line / something else?

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You should find a record in journalctl

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Wehre can i find the journalctl?

Many Thanks

Shawn

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It’s a command.

journalctl --help

will show you the options.

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