[plug] cron job advice

[Thomas Cuthbert]

 I would use a systemd timer. OnBootSec might be what you need
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.timer.html

On Tue, 14 June 2022, 7:45 pm Gregory Orange, <home at oranges.id.au> wrote:

> On 14/6/22 19:33, leighton at clucas.eu wrote:
> > 1. I want to set up a cron job that runs 5 minutes after boot to run a
> > script from github. It needs to happen say 5 minutes after boot to
> > ensure that an internet connection has been established. I can use
> > @reboot but that would occur immediately on boot when there would be no
> > internet.
>
> Hack job:
>
> @reboot sleep 300; ~/bin/do-thing.sh
>
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