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Running cron jobs on Raspberry Pi in Raspbmc
Posted on April 6, 2013 by wexoo
Here’s another little tutorial especially for people new to raspberry pi or linux in general (such as myself). Cron jobs are used to execute specific actions at pre-configured times. These actions can be executing scripts, writing data to a file, etc. (would be glad to hear of stuff you do with cron jobs in the comment section ;) )
In my specific case I needed a script to map my changing external ip address at home to the domain I specified for my raspberry to have access to it when I’m away. Big thanks for all the help to my good friend Thomas for domain hosting and tipps on how to get this to work! Now let’s get to it!
Activate cron jobs in Raspbmc
Per default running cron jobs is deactivated in Raspbmc and there are two ways to activate them.
- In the Raspbmc GUI under Programs Raspbmc Settings -> System Configuration -> Service Management -> Cronjob Scheduler
- Via SSH/FTP by modifying sys.service.cron value to “true” the settings file under /home/<your_username>/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/script.raspbmc.settings/settings.xml – for more infos on changing settings via SSH / FTP, check my
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