Crond - Avocent Cyclades ACS Command Reference Manual

104 ACS Advanced Console Server Command Reference Guide
Saving or restoring configuration files using CLI
Use the following commands to save or restore configuration files.
• Save to Flash
cli> config savetoflash
• Save to PCMCIA
cli> administration backupconfig saveto sd [default] [replace]
• Load from PCMCIA
cli> administration backupconfig loadfrom sd [default] [replace]
• Save to FTP server
cli> administration backupconfig saveto ftpserverip <n.n.n.n> pathname
<string> username <string> password <string>
• Load from FTP server
cli> administration backupconfig loadfrom ftpserverip <n.n.n.n>
pathname <string> username <string> password <string>

Crond

Crond is a service provided by the ACS console server that allows automatic, periodically-run
custom-made scripts. It replaces the need to run commands manually.
The crond daemon configuration is divided in three parts.
• /etc/crontab_files - The name of this file cannot be changed and it must point only to one file.
• Source file - Holds information about frequency of cron jobs and the files that should be
executed. It may have any name, since it is pointed out by the /etc/crontab_files.
• Script files - These are the script files that are scheduled and are pointed by the source file
explained previously.
The following parameters are created in the /etc/crontab_files file.
• Status - Active or inactive. The script does not execute if inactive.
• User - The process runs with the privileges of a valid local user.
• Source - Pathname of the crontab file that specifies frequency of execution and the name of
shell script. It should be set using the traditional crontab file format.
Example: active root /etc/tst_cron.src
NOTE: In /etc/crontab_files, you may only have one active entry per user. For instance, from the earlier example,
you cannot add another active entry for "root" because it already has an entry. If you want to add more scripts,
you may just add them to the source file, for example: (/etc/tst_cron.src).