Re: [gentoo-user] Re: fcron & fetchmail & procmail and the "why not?"

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

Johám-Luís Miguéns Vila <galiza.ceive@gmail.com> [09-09-21 17:13]:
> meino.cramer@gmx.de writes:
> 
> > Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> [09-09-21 04:25]:
> >> Ward Poelmans <wpoely86@gmail.com> writes:
> >> 
> >> > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 17:34,  <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> When using the line:
> >> >>
> >> >>    @ 5 fetchmail -a
> >> >>
> >> >> nothing happens: The mail remains on the server and can be downloaded
> >> >> with
> >> >>
> >> >>    fetchmail -a
> >> >>
> >> >> from the commandline.
> >> >>
> >> >> May be I am a little overhacked today...but what the hack I am doing
> >> >> wrong here?
> >> >
> >> > Are you sure the cron job runs? Check the logs. Or try adding:
> >> > */5 * * * * fetchmail -a
> >> > in your cron file.
> >> 
> >> Another way to go at it might be to use fetchmails' built in daemon
> >> mode (fetchmail -d INTERVAL).  And forget about cron.
> >> 
> >> 
> >
> > fcron does run (see my previous mail).
> > I will try the daemon mode. What will be the best place to fire up
> > fetchmail then?
> > ...but I am still curious what prevents the call by fcron, since this
> > is also recommended by some howtos...
> 
> Have you tried to write a shell script calling fetchmail and call that from fcron?
> 
> @ 5 /wherever/your/script/is.sh
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No I havent, since I see no difference to calling a "real" executable
-- but I will give it try.
By the way: Calling fetchmal -d from ~/.openbox/autostart.sh also does
not work, but other programs started from there do have no problems.




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