Run script

[Ferrarista]

I have an Asus AX88U Router. Before the last update of the Merlin firmware (388.2_2) I used to have a script running each 3 minutes. Unfortunately, after the firmware update, the script got canceled and I tried to repeat the procedure to have it running. I added it to /jffs/scripts, granted it x permissions and then added to the crontab by copying the following line

*/3 * * * * /jffs/scripts/reboot_script.sh

The script works fine if I launch it from command line and also the new entry in the crontab appears if I type

cru l

Unfortunately, if I reboot the router manually, the crontab is reset to it's initial state and this happens also if I type

nvram commit

after the procedure described above.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Unfortunately, if I reboot the router manually, the crontab is reset to it's initial state ...

How are you adding it to the crontab? You should put your cru command in the services-start script.

 

[Ferrarista]

How are you adding it to the crontab? You should put your cru command in the services-start script.

Unfortunately I had problems at editing the crontab via crontab -e so I did it via export VISUAL=nano; crontab -e and then saving. How can I add the cru command to services-start?

 

[ColinTaylor]

Create a /jffs/scripts/services-start script that looks something like this:

#!/bin/sh

/usr/sbin/cru a Reboot "*/3 * * * * /jffs/scripts/reboot_script.sh"