Thanks for the push to continue. Easier to test changes. Here's the latest. And verified cron can start it.
!/bin/bash stream="https://stream.revma.ihrhls.com/zc2149/hls.m3u8"; acodec="mp3" arate="128" mux="raw" outfile="/home/paul/Audio/Coast-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S').mp3" timeout 4h vlc -I dummy $stream --no-video --sout="#transcode{acodec=$acodec,ab=$arate,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:std{access=file,mux=$mux,dst=$outfile}" On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:39 AM 'Michael Chaney' via NLUG < [email protected]> wrote: > To build on what the other two are saying: > > crontabs have special formats and ultimately they're going to munge > certain characters as will the shell. Putting a command like that in > crontab will always be an exercise in frustration and often leads to the > "four backslashes" issue. > > I'd recommend you move the command to a shell script and then run the > shell script from crontab. You might even leave the timeout command in the > crontab. But I'd definitely put the rest of it into a shell script. > > -- > Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. > [email protected] > http://www.michaelchaney.com/ > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAAtfUtHT%3DQordS_KJ7tMOEdUkusWJv8_2if3VqFKifG%3DSTWoLw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAAtfUtHT%3DQordS_KJ7tMOEdUkusWJv8_2if3VqFKifG%3DSTWoLw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAL9PgS15Oc4gvxtrOPh%2BZzo4RY%3DJT%3DP%2BZpfMEND7z8Q6vtarSg%40mail.gmail.com.
