Re: [cobalt-users] error running clock in cron.daily

["H.P. Stroebel" <hpstr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug MacAdam schrieb:
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> That little character (ahead of /sbin/clock), is my guess...it's unmatched,
> but don't know where to fix it though :\ If you find out how to squash this
> bug, please send the word! Thanks.

that character does not appear in the original script; it`s part of
the error message.

the script (mine at least) is as follows :

#!/bin/sh

# NTPdate cron event
# Configured through the administrative web interface
# Copyright (C) 1998, Cobalt Networks, Inc
# All rights reserved

sleep 585
/usr/sbin/ntpdate ntp2.fau.de >>/var/cobalt/sauce.log 2>&1
/sbin/clock -w -u >>/var/cobalt/sauce.log 2>&1
unlink()
/sbin/clock -w -u >>/var/cobalt/sauce.log 2>&1


it is interesting that after pressing "save changes" in the time control
panel the sleep argument (585) increased (from 420)...

i even don`t understand the stout redirection to /var/cobalt/sauce.log,
as hwclock (linked from clock) with the params -wu has no output when
entered in the shell.

it seems that the shell interprets the last line as a parameter for the
unlink (huh?) command because of a syntax error.

and, hwclock expects the date as a parameter for the -w option...

seems to be a mess :-(

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