From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] cronie setup questions
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 11:31:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <MTAwMDAyOC53ZG5lc2RheQ.1728487885@quikprotect> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MTAwMDAwNi53ZG5lc2RheQ.1727999257@quikprotect>
On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 07:47:34PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote
> The Gentoo install suggested using "cronie". I want to run a script
> daily as local user. The config I want is...
>
> 35 7 * * * waltdnes /home/waltdnes/pm/check4update/check4update
My email shows that the job is launching, but tripping over
permissions. Here's what it's supposed to do...
* Because I'm running a custom build of Pale Moon web browser, I can't
use the built-in updater from the standard version
* I want to check the palemoon.org Atom feed for new releases
* A text file "previous.txt" has the date stamp of the most recent entry
* bash script "check4update"...
*** wget's the webpage
*** greps the "<published>" lines
*** the top line has the most recent posting
*** compare the the most recent <published> date with "previous.txt"
*** if the same, exit
*** if not the same...
*** 1) update "previous.txt" with the newest date
*** 2) use "geeqie" to display a garish messege about the update
That last step is the problem. I get the following error...
(geeqie:14531): Gtk-WARNING **: 07:35:01.797: cannot open display:
What do I need to do to allow "geeqie" to open up in an X window as
user "waltdnes".
--
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1) Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-10-09 15:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-03 23:47 [gentoo-user] cronie setup questions Walter Dnes
2024-10-04 1:58 ` Dale
2024-10-04 4:58 ` Arve Barsnes
2024-10-09 15:31 ` Walter Dnes [this message]
2024-10-09 16:43 ` Arve Barsnes
2024-10-09 16:45 ` Michael
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