[Solved] Some entries in crontab do not persist after reboot

[urukhai]

I am running FW 5.0.0.1986.
I have put a few bash scripts in crontab by manually

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nano /etc/config/crontab

. One of them is to rsync data between 2 QNAP. The script runs perfectly well at every scheduled time.
For some reasons only this particular entry was removed every time after reboot. The entry looks like this

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30 12 * * 1-5 /bin/sh /share/localscript/intraRsync.sh

I have only Malware Remover installed but not the Security Counselor. I checked every log but could not find any trace why this entry was removed.

My questions are:
1) Is nano /etc/config/crontab a valid way to edit crontab after QTS 5?
2) Are there any keywords in script name or command that QTS does not like and remove after reboot?
3) Any specific location in crontab for local scheduled tasks?

Any input are welcomed.

[FSC830]

Hi,
afaik not. Me too running a manual edited crontab at several QTS versions and up to now never a line disappeared!?
I am always using

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crontab -e

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vi /etc/config/crontab

to edit the crontab file.
At all of my NAS MR is running daily and currently no crontab entry is deleted.

Very strange..
Only difference I can see: I did never put a /bin/sh command in front of the script call.

Regards

[urukhai]

The following should be the culprit:

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./init.d/nc.sh:sed -r "/nc\./d" "${CRONTAB_CONF}" > /tmp/nc.crontab

Any crontab entries containing "nc." will be removed. No wonder my intraRsync.sh got removed after reboot

[FSC830]

Nice to know...

Regards

[blackdog]

similar problem. My entry

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35 15 * * * /share/backup/rclone/run_sync.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 

get removed at each reboot.
Why ? and how can I make it permanent ?
Thanks

[FSC830]

If its the same problem as @urukhai posted at May 05, just rename the script in that way, that name contains no "nc", i.e. run_copy.sh .

Regards

[blackdog]

thanks, I didn't noticed that I have an "nc" in the line.