OPDS config_local.php

[mariosipad]

@huber70

If you had waited to 5 minutes past the hour (with the Pi on) then the Pi would have acquired the new WAN IP for freemyip.

If you are sure that the new IP always happens between 1:35 and 1:45 then you can change 5 * * * * to 50 * * * *.
Then the Pi will set freemyip to the nee IP on 1:50.

[huber70]

@mariosipad

First of all I will have another nights trial following your suggestion to wait 5 minutes past the hour

[huber70]

@mariosipad

Unfortunately: it didn't work

IP address again changed at 01:37am - let PC and PI both on. Tried to click a book at 03:20am but failed - even 1. reload of the library page and 2. of the browser does not brought any result.

Guess, I made something wrong at the PI as no /tmp/xxx file is there with the instructions

Tried to reach the library freemyip site from the PI - that also doesn't work, even not after reboot of the PI. Needed to send the token (at the PI) to receive the "ok", than it worked at the PI as well at the PC

[mariosipad]

@huber70

I visited the manual (and read it this time). The only way to retry this (that I could think of) is as follows:

crontab -e

replace old line with:

5 * * * * curl "https://freemyip.com/update?token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&domain=huber70.freemyip.com" >/dev/null 2>&1

Notice the " " before https an after .com!

[huber70]

@mariosipad

thanks, have done it..

I always think, that I'm doing something wrong with the LXTerminal: I changed your code by paste & copy and then have to save the file by "Ctrl + O", I see the file that is created and I see the folder "file:///tmp/crontab.H8sRv9" where two files are:

.crontab (content cryptic characters)
crontab contains:

# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').
#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
#
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
#
# For example, you can run a backup of all your user accounts
# at 5 a.m every week with:
# 0 5 * * 1 tar -zcf /var/backups/home.tgz /home/
# 5 * * * * curl "https://freemyip.com/update?token=exxxxxxx&domain=huber70.freemyip.com" >/dev/null 2>&1

# For more information see the manual pages of crontab(5) and cron(8)
#
# m h dom mon dow command

After I saved the file I exit the LXTerminal "Ctrl + X" and - the folder with the 2 files is away - is that correct? I can't believe this...

[mariosipad]

@huber70

1 - remove the # in front of 5 * * * * curl .........
2 - insert your token at exxxxxxx
3 - change huber70.freemyip.com to your freemyip.com domain name

[huber70]

@mariosipad

ok, but what's about the "saving" question and the "missing" files?

[mariosipad]

@huber70

/var/spool/cron/crontabs/

[huber70]

@mariosipad

ok - seems to be empty

[mariosipad]

@huber70

Did you remove the # ?

Then in terminal:

sudo ls -l /var/spool/cron/crontabs

[huber70]

@mariosipad

Yes, removed the #

In terminal after your command appears:

huber70@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo ls -l /var/spool/cron/crontabs
insgesamt 4
-rw------- 1 huber70 crontab 1222 7. Mär 17:18 huber70
huber70@raspberrypi:~ $

crontabs folder is not accessable, still contains nothing (see pic above)

[mariosipad]

@huber70

sudo cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/huber70

[huber70]

@mariosipad

sorry, just this command - what does it tell me?

[mariosipad]

@huber70

It will show you the contents of the file made by crontab -e.

[huber70]

@mariosipad

where is that file?