[systemd-devel] delayed start 'on calendar' timers - is it possible?

[Kamil Jońca]

Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net> writes:

> On Do, 13.12.18 21:56, Kamil Jońca (kjonca at o2.pl) wrote:
>
>> Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net> writes:
>>
>> [...]
>> >
>> > What do you mean by "run immediately"? Are you saying the service the
>> > timer is supposed to start is run immediately (which would be a bug),
>> Yes, service is started immediately.
>
> Please provide your precise .timer and .service unit file.

%cat /etc/systemd/system/kjonca-daily.timer 
[Unit]
Description=kjonca daily

[Timer]
OnBootSec=0
#OnUnitInactiveSec=
OnCalendar=*-*-* 5:1
#OnUnitInactiveSec=30
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target


%cat /etc/systemd/system/kjonca-daily.service 
[Unit]
Description="kjonca daily"
[Service]
User=kjonca
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/run-and-mail.sh kjonca "Daily run" zsh -c 'exec run-parts ~/etc/cron.daily'
KillMode=none


Dec 13 19:19:44 alfa sudo[25084]:   kjonca : TTY=pts/9 ; PWD=/etc/systemd/system ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/systemctl start kjonca-daily.timer
Dec 13 19:19:44 alfa sudo[25084]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by kjonca(uid=0)
Dec 13 19:19:44 alfa systemd[1]: Started kjonca daily.
Dec 13 19:19:44 alfa sudo[25084]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Dec 13 19:19:44 alfa systemd[1]: Starting "kjonca daily"...
[...]
Dec 13 19:21:10 alfa systemd[1]: Started "kjonca daily".


KJ

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