I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever so often. 6 hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it never goes off. What else am I missing?

Thanks in advance
Darryl
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Hi! Darryl,

On 23 Mar 19 21:17, you wrote to All:

I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever so often. 6 hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it never goes off. What else am I
missing?

It's been a while since I poked at these things... I'd say that that would go off at 0600hrs every day, like once only. What you need is "0 */6", I think. It should then go off at: 0000, 0600, 1200. and, 1800hrs.

Did that help?

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 23 Mar 19 21:17, you wrote to All:

I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever so often. 6
hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it never goes off. What else am I
missing?

It's been a while since I poked at these things... I'd say that that would go off at 0600hrs every day, like once only. What you need is
"0 */6", I think. It should then go off at: 0000, 0600, 1200. and, 1800hrs.
Did that help?

Thats what I had it for in my first attempt, and it never went off. I even went
as far at 0 1 for hourly, never saw it go off as per the logs at least.

Darryl.
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Thats what I had it for in my first attempt, and it never went off. I
even went as far at 0 1 for hourly, never saw it go off as per the logs
at least.

I guess it all boils down to what your "String to execute" looks like. Assuming of course that you are talking about Externals --> Cron here...



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On 03-23-19 21:17, Darryl Wood <=-
spoke to All about Argus & Polling <=-

I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever
so often. 6 hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to
poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it
never goes off. What else am I missing?

I don't know why it never fires, I would think that should fire at 0
min, 6 hour. (not every six hours). I think that what you might want
would be 0 6,12,18,24 * * * . I'm not 100% sure about the 24, and to be cautious I would set the cron to be something like 50 5,11,17,23 * * *
which would poll at 05:50, 11:50, 17:50 and 23:50.

If that does not fire for you, then something else is wrong.

Dale Shipp
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I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever
so often. 6 hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to
poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it
never goes off. What else am I missing?

I don't know why it never fires, I would think that should fire at 0
min, 6 hour. (not every six hours). I think that what you might wantwould be 0 6,12,18,24 * * * . I'm not 100% sure about the 24,
and to becautious I would set the cron to be something like 50
5,11,17,23 * * *which would poll at 05:50, 11:50, 17:50 and 23:50.

If that does not fire for you, then something else is wrong.

Thanks kindly. That may be my issue right there. I will play around more today.
Cheers
Darryl.
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I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever
so often. 6 hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to
poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it
never goes off. What else am I missing?

I don't know why it never fires, I would think that should fire at 0
min, 6 hour. (not every six hours). I think that what you might wantwould be 0 6,12,18,24 * * * . I'm not 100% sure about the 24,
and to becautious I would set the cron to be something like 50
5,11,17,23 * * *which would poll at 05:50, 11:50, 17:50 and 23:50.

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER. Thank you very much Dale, that was the issue. I did a test with it for hourly on the 1/2hr, 30 0,1,2,etc etc and it appears to be working. Now to reduce the number of times I poll a day. Seems a little, over zealous.

Darryl.
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On 03-24-19 18:42, Darryl Wood <=-
spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Argus & Polling <=-

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER. Thank you very much Dale,

Do you deliver? Or at least come over to the COOKING echo and give us a recipe:-}}

that was the issue. I did a test with it for hourly on the
1/2hr, 30 0,1,2,etc etc and it appears to be working. Now
to reduce the number of times I poll a day. Seems a little,
over zealous.

Glad to help. The Argus HELP file is a big help also.

Dale Shipp
fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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