Changeset ac8c7d4

Timestamp:

10/22/2017 08:57:13 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

DJ Lucas <dj@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gimp3, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/for-12.3, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/spidermonkey128, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

df9499b

Parents:

ad4043e2

Message:

Use timers in systemd where appropriate, not crontab.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@19359 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Location:

general/sysutils

Files:

• pciutils.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• usbutils.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

general/sysutils/pciutils.xml

@@ -135 +135 @@
     </para>
 
-    <para>
+    <para revision="sysv">
       You may wish to add an entry to
       <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>'s (or any other user who has
@@ -142 +142 @@
       periodically.
     </para>
+
+    <para revision="systemd">
+      You should update the <filename>/usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids</filename> file
+      periodically. Execute the following commands, as the
+      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, to create a systemd
+      timer to update it weekly on Sundays at 3:00 A.M. (local time):
+    </para>
+
+<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>cat &gt; /lib/systemd/system/update-pciids.service &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
+<literal>[Unit]
+Description=Update pci.ids file
+Documentation=man:update-pciids(8)
+DefaultDependencies=no
+After=local-fs.target
+Before=shutdown.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/update-pciids</literal>
+EOF
+cat &gt; /lib/systemd/system/update-pciids.timer &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
+<literal>[Unit]
+Description=Update pci.ids file weekly
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=Sun 02:30:00
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target</literal>
+EOF
+systemctl enable update-usbids.timer</userinput></screen>
+
 
   </sect2>

general/sysutils/usbutils.xml

@@ -143 +143 @@
     <title>Configuring USB Utils</title>
 
-    <para>
+    <para revision="sysv">
       The <filename>usb.ids</filename> data file is constantly being updated.
       To get a current version of this file, using <xref linkend="wget"/>,
@@ -150 +150 @@
     </para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>wget http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids -O /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>
+<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>wget http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids -O /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para revision="sysv">
       You may wish to add an entry to
       <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>'s (or any other user who has
@@ -159 +159 @@
       periodically.
     </para>
+
+    <para revision="systemd">
+      You should update the <filename>/usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids</filename> file
+      periodically. Execute the following commands, as the
+      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, to create a systemd
+      timer to update it weekly on Sundays at 3:00 A.M. (local time):
+    </para>
+
+<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>cat &gt; /lib/systemd/system/update-usbids.service &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
+<literal>[Unit]
+Description=Update usb.ids file
+Documentation=man:lusub(8)
+DefaultDependencies=no
+After=local-fs.target
+Before=shutdown.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/wget http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids -O /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids</literal>
+EOF
+cat &gt; /lib/systemd/system/update-usbids.timer &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
+<literal>[Unit]
+Description=Update usb.ids file weekly
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=Sun 03:00:00
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target</literal>
+EOF
+systemctl enable update-usbids.timer</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>