fcron 3.0.4 fcrontab reports "No such file or directory" for everything

[niels@…]

ordimini% fcrontab -e
18:54:54 fcrontab : editing niels's fcrontab
no fcrontab for niels - using an empty one
18:54:54 Error while running "/opt/local/bin/vim": No such file or directory
18:54:54 could not stat /tmp/fcr-vgbE99: No such file or directory
18:54:54 could not remove /tmp/fcr-vgbE99: No such file or directory

ordimini% ls -al /opt/local/bin/vim
-rwxr-xr-x  2 root  admin  1368484 24 Mär 22:07 /opt/local/bin/vim

ordimini% fcrontab -V              
fcrontab 3.0.4 - user interface to daemon fcron
Copyright 2000-2007 Thibault Godouet <fcron@free.fr>
This program is free software distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.

[niels@…]

Cc Me!

[compconsultant@…]

You need to make a file and submit to fcrontab, just like with cron. fcron will not currently make a new one, this is a problem with fcron, not the port.

So, make a file, say named fcron, add your first entry, and submit like so:

fcrontab fcron

Once the users fcrontab exists, it will work (fcrontab -e).

You might want to report the issue to fcron author as I had tried to work with him close to a year ago regarding this bug. The more the merrier.

[compconsultant@…]

You should note the doc actually sort of says -e is meant for editing an existing file, and, you need to install your initial file.

"he can create a new fcrontab running a simple "fcrontab", and then maintain it using "fcrontab -e"

And

-e Edit user's current fcrontab

And

The first form of the command is used to install a new fcrontab file

I don't think fcron should report those errors though, so, this is why I suggested reporting to fcron author. We don't maintain the source code.

[niels@…]

Thanks for your responses. When first creating a valid fcrontab file, and then registering it by means of calling fcrontab file it does indeed work as expected. The mere fact that it reported my $EDITOR binary as missing made me think of a bug straight away, sorry!

I will ping the upstream devs about the confusing error message and possible documentation changes.

Thanks!

[compconsultant@…]

That would be great. It's nice to see users complain, rather than port maintainers as sometimes, they take it more seriously. fcron has not had an update in a long time though. I hope it is still developed as it's a lot better than cron.

I would close this, but, I do not have access to do so.

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Milestone Port Bugs deleted

[macports@…]

i have the same issue. but for me it's not working to create a valid fcrontab file first!? i can update with "fcrontab -c file" without erros. only "fcrontab -e" not working!?

macbook:~ myname$ fcrontab -V
fcrontab 3.2.0 - user interface to daemon fcron
Copyright 2000-2014 Thibault Godouet <fcron@free.fr>
This program is free software distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.
macbook:~ myname$ fcrontab -e
2015-11-21 10:34:00  INFO fcrontab : editing myname's fcrontab
2015-11-21 10:34:00 ERROR Error while running "/usr/bin/vi": No such file or directory
2015-11-21 10:34:00 ERROR Could not open file /tmp/fcr-3FbGpl: No such file or directory
2015-11-21 10:34:00 ERROR could not remove /tmp/fcr-3FbGpl: No such file or directory
macbook:~ myname$ sudo ls -l /opt/local/var/spool/fcron/
Password:
total 16
-rw-r--r--  1 root        fcron    0 28 Okt 22:01 .turd_fcron
-rw-r-----  1 fcron       fcron   38 29 Okt 07:43 myname.orig
-rw-------  1 myname  fcron  179 29 Okt 07:43 new.myname
-rw-------  1 fcron       fcron    0 28 Okt 22:07 rm.myname
-rw-------  1 root        fcron    0 29 Okt 07:42 rm.root
macbook:~ myname$ fcrontab -l
2015-11-21 10:40:37  INFO listing myname's fcrontab
%daily * 6-12 ~/bin/script.sh

[mvgrimes]

Cc Me!

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

This is a common issue with EDITOR not being set - I'll add some notes to the port.

Open a new ticket if there are still issues.