cron is re-writing my delete cache command?

[viraladmin]

So I am trying to add the following command as a cron job:

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find /home/*/tmp -type f -name 'sess_*' -cmin +60 -delete

The problem is for some reason, vesta is rewriting the command....

so upon saving, instead of the command above, it is saving

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find /home/admin/tmp /home/user1/tmp /home/user2/tmp /home/user3/tmp /home/user4/tmp /home/user5/tmp -type f -name 'sess_*' -cmin +60 -delete

Note that user1, user2, user3, user4, user5 are actually the user names of accounts.

This is obviously a problem as when more users are added, they would not be automatically included in the command - because its not saving as /home/*/tmp

Is this a bug? Is there a work around other than updating the cron every time a new user is added?

[skamasle]

HI

Vesta have some with asterisk, not remember when but I see similar issue

You can try just not add a cron with full command, vesta parsewith php somethings and is not good if you have complex simbols

You just can fix this addking new file

For example:

/usr/local/bin/fix_ses.sh

Inside that file add your command

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#!/bin/bash
find /home/*/tmp -type f -name 'sess_*' -cmin +60 -delete

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/fix_ses.sh

And then add your cron :

/usr/local/bin/fix_ses.sh

I think always this is the best way to create new crons with some complex operations, long scripts, special characters