Solved Cron - which reference for volume ?

[timconsidine]

I have a volume set up /mnt/cctv to facilitate access between Homeassistant (capture) and Emby (view).

I need to delete old cctv videos to avoid unnecessary disk use and keep video lists manageable in the apps.

I plan to add a cron job like this using variable filename (videos named with format of yymmdd-hhmmss-location.mp4) :

# *    *    *    *    * command to be executed
7    4    *    *    *  rm /mnt/cctv/$(date --date "30 days ago" +%y%m%d)-*-*.* 

Question :

• should the command reference the mount point /mnt/cctv ?
• or the location known to the app /media/cctv ?

And will there be a permissions issue ?
I guess if using /media/cctv it should be ok.
So maybe the latter ?

[fbartels]

Hi @timconsidine,

maybe I am misunderstanding the problem, but since the cron is executed in the container/app it also need to be working with the path you seen in the container.

[timconsidine]

@fbartels thank you, that answers the question : should be /media/cctv then

When Cloudron sets up a volume on the server, it asks you to put it in /mnt
But the app references this as /media in the Storage of app config.
Maybe I am not understanding fully about Cloudron volume creation / management

[girish]

@timconsidine said in Cron - which reference for volume ?:

When Cloudron sets up a volume on the server, it asks you to put it in /mnt

Yes, correct, but this is purely "internal". AFAIK, this path is never shown in the UI. Maybe we missed some place.

But the app references this as /media in the Storage of app config.

As @fbartels said, the cron is run in context of container, so /media/<volumename> is the correct path.

[timconsidine]

@girish Thank you.
Not a UI issue at all. Just me not quite understanding.
/media makes sense now.