[tde-users] Re: kmail vs amanda problem

On Sunday 20 December 2020 04:19:03 deloptes via tde-users wrote: That seems to be a plausible reason as amanda runs in the background, and unless watching the system with htop, or gkrellm, no notice that it has been running is received until the emailed summary arrives. I don't think it has. Since I can issue those commands, I am considering writing a monitoring script that runs as me from a crontab listing, from 5 minutes before amanda is to start, which samples the process list at minute intervals, issues that command and tallies it in the env on finding amanda in the list, then goes away, then say 40 minutes later starts another script to undo it, doing that sampling at 5 minute intervals and when amanda disappears for 2 samples in a row, restore the backgroundjobs, nuke the env var and goes away till tomorrow. Where there is a will, there generally is a way. But I'll have to relearn bash as all this stuff has been running, unmolested by me for about 16 years now. And I'm getting to that age where shorter term memory is a problem, too easily distracted by the "oh look, a pony syndrome". That and too many irons in the fire. I went to the garage yesterday to see about packaging up the electronics to run a new servo drive I'd just built on my bigger square posted milling machine and found it would be easier and more neatly done if I bought a box off fleabay big enough to hide it all. So I came back in and did find a suitable one & bought it. But shipping will be around 10 days even from US suppliers to whose door I can drive to in 2 days. Then the bearings in the 6040's (a midsized gantry style mill) spindle motor, a 24,000 rpm motor, are about shot at 40 or so hours running time because it was a BBLB motor with roller skate bearings I can buy a 10 pack of for $4.50 on fleabay, and I've already a quality replacement in a box ready to be carried to the garage and installed. Just gotta get off my duff and do it. And theres nobody here to do it but me. That will replace a 1 horse water cooled motor with a 3 horse running on the same cooling water, and its 110 volt wall powered VFD that makes the lights flicker with a 250volt 3 horse that runs off its own circuit breaker. Most of the wiring is already done, I'm a CET and can teach electricians how to do it. And have. One of my pet peeves is following a so-called electrician around and fixing his mistakes. I have been amazed at the card carrying journeyman's mistakes I've encountered and fixed since 1977. The first one was a fire starter in the studio light wiring of a tv station in Farmington NM that no longer exists. Not even the building. I'll tell you about it sometime. My 86 year trip thru life has been an interesting ride. To me at least. Take care and stay well folks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>