crontab.examples

# This is not intended to be a full crontab that you can install as is.
# It is a list of examples showing the format. You will need to 
# configure the crontab on the individual machines as needed. 

# Take exposures once per minute at night
# newskycam
#* 00-09,17-23 * * * /usr/local/bin/indi_skycam.csh /usr/local/etc/indi_skycam_newskycam.cfg
# oculus
#* 00-09,17-23 * * * /usr/local/bin/indi_skycam.csh /usr/local/etc/indi_skycam_oculus.cfg; /usr/local/bin/get_seb_cloud.csh

# Transfer back to ARI.
# newskycam, single threaded
#* * * * * /usr/local/bin/ari_xfer_skycam /usr/local/etc/xfer_newskycam.cfg 1 
# oculus with two parallel threads
#* * * * * /usr/local/bin/ari_xfer_skycam /usr/local/etc/xfer_oculus.cfg 2

# Backup data and purge disk of data that have gone to TQH
# Identical script to that running on skycamtz
#0 15 * * * /usr/local/bin/purge_skycam skycamt 
#0 15 * * * /usr/local/bin/purge_skycam skycama 

# To be tested if exposures at night are actually any use as darks or not
#00 01 * * * /usr/local/bin/skycam_autodark.csh

# Daily rotate transfer logs when they get too big and truncate the list of transfered files
#30 14 * * * /usr/sbin/logrotate -s /icc/tmp/logrotate.state /usr/local/etc/logrotate.cfg

# SkycamZ
# Following is the full setup of skycamz as used on sky, March 2025
# Exposure every minute at night, darks just once at 1am, xfers every minute all day, purge 3pm every afternoon
* 00-09,17-23 * * * /usr/local/bin/indi_skycam_expose.csh /usr/local/etc/indi_skycamz_zwo_asi174mm.cfg
00 01 * * * /usr/local/bin/indi_skycam_auto_darks.csh /usr/local/etc/indi_skycamz_zwo_asi174mm.cfg
* * * * * /usr/local/bin/ari_xfer_skycam /usr/local/etc/xfer_skycamz.cfg 1 
0 15 * * * /usr/local/bin/purge_skycam skycamz