commit cronic.5288 for openSUSE:13.2:Update
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+Mon Jun 27 21:01:12 UTC 2016 - seroton10@gmail.com
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+- Security update to v3 (CVE-2016-3992):
+ * Use mktemp-d to avoid race-conditions and security problems.
+ * Drop cronic.patch, which has become redundant.
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+Fri Sep 5 11:07:44 UTC 2014 - seroton10@gmail.com
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+- Fix /tmp races
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+Wed Sep 3 19:15:54 UTC 2014 - seroton10@gmail.com
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+- Fixed license string in .spec file
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+Mon Sep 1 15:48:39 UTC 2014 - seroton10@gmail.com
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+- Updated script from source, it now states the license
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+Mon Sep 1 13:12:00 UTC 2014 - seroton10@gmail.com
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+- Added source URL
+- Fix license specification
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+Sat Apr 6 23:17:51 UTC 2013 - seroton10@gmail.com
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+- Initial RPM package
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cronic
cronic.1
cronic.changes
cronic.spec
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#
# spec file for package cronic
#
# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
#
# All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
# remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
# license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
# published by the Open Source Initiative.
# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
#
Name: cronic
Version: 3
Release: 0
Summary: A cure for Cron's chronic email problem
License: SUSE-Public-Domain
Group: System/Base
Url: http://habilis.net/cronic/
Source0: http://habilis.net/cronic/cronic
Source1: cronic.1
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
BuildArch: noarch
%description
Cronic is a small shim shell script for wrapping cron jobs so that cron only
sends email when an error has occurred. Cronic defines an error as any non-
trace error output or a non-zero result code. Cronic filters Bash execution
traces (or anything matching PS4) from the error output, so jobs can be run
with execution tracing to aid forensic debugging. Cronic has no options, it
simply executes its arguments.
%prep
%setup -q -c -T
cp %{SOURCE0} .
%build
%install
mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}
cp cronic %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/cronic
mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1
gzip -c %{SOURCE1} >%{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1/cronic.1.gz
%files
%defattr (-, root, root)
%attr(755,root,root) %{_bindir}/cronic
%{_mandir}/man1/cronic.1.gz
%changelog
++++++ cronic ++++++
#!/bin/bash
# Cronic v3 - cron job report wrapper
# Copyright 2007-2016 Chuck Houpt. No rights reserved, whatsoever.
# Public Domain CC0: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
set -eu
TMP=$(mktemp -d)
OUT=$TMP/cronic.out
ERR=$TMP/cronic.err
TRACE=$TMP/cronic.trace
set +e
"$@" >$OUT 2>$TRACE
RESULT=$?
set -e
PATTERN="^${PS4:0:1}\\+${PS4:1}"
if grep -aq "$PATTERN" $TRACE
then
! grep -av "$PATTERN" $TRACE > $ERR
else
ERR=$TRACE
fi
if [ $RESULT -ne 0 -o -s "$ERR" ]
then
echo "Cronic detected failure or error output for the command:"
echo "$@"
echo
echo "RESULT CODE: $RESULT"
echo
echo "ERROR OUTPUT:"
cat "$ERR"
echo
echo "STANDARD OUTPUT:"
cat "$OUT"
if [ $TRACE != $ERR ]
then
echo
echo "TRACE-ERROR OUTPUT:"
cat "$TRACE"
fi
fi
rm -rf "$TMP"
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.TH cronic 1 "April 2013" "habilis.net" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
cronic - a cure for Cron's chronic email problem
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cronic
[COMMAND]
.P
The Disease:
.RS
0 1 * * * backup >/dev/null 2>&1
.RE
.P
The Cure:
.RS
0 1 * * * cronic backup
.RE
.SH DESCRIPTION
Cronic is a shell script to help control the most annoying feature of cron:
unwanted emailed output, or "cram" (cron spam). If the Unix Haters list was
still active, I would submit the rant below to gain membership.
.SS
The Disease
One of the best features of cron is its automatic email - it is also its worst
feature. Cron automatically emails the output of a cron job to the user. On the
face of it, this sounds like a great idea. Cron jobs can run automatically in
the background for months at a time - so getting an email when a problem occurs
sounds useful.
.P
Unfortunately, cron's idea of "output" is simultaneously too broad and too
narrow to actually be useful. Cron considers
.I any
output to be significant - including standard output. This interacts badly with
many unix commands, which often send status info to standard out. Some commands
have a quiet options, but that can turn off all error output too. To make
matters worse, cron
.I ignores
command result codes, meaning that errors from quiet programs are ignored.
.P
It is almost impossible to create a non-trivial cron job that is quiet
enough to run without output, but still reports all errors. Following
the principle of "Worse is Better", the typical solution is
to sweep it all under the carpet by redirecting all output to /dev/null,
and hoping for the best:
.P
.RS
0 1 * * * backup >/dev/null 2>&1
.RE
.P
Now when your cron job fails, you will never know about it. Using cron
to backup your files? Sorry, the cron job has been failing due to
permission errors for months - all your files are gone.
.P
Could cron be fixed? Although almost all current implementation of cron are
open source, cron's pathological behavior has been petrified into the Unix
standards. So if it isn't broken, it isn't cron. The only solution left is a
work-around.
.SS
The Cure: Cronic
Cronic is a small shim shell script for wrapping cron jobs so that cron only
sends email when an error has occurred. Cronic defines an error as any
non-trace error output or a non-zero result code. Cronic filters Bash execution
traces (or anything matching PS4) from the error output, so jobs can be run with
execution tracing to aid forensic debugging. Cronic has no options, it simply
executes its arguments.
.P
.RS
0 1 * * * cronic backup
.RE
.P
With cronic, you can turn on Bash's strict error handling and debug
options (exit on error, unset variable detection and execution tracing
to make sure problems are caught early. For example:
.P
.RS
.nf
#!/bin/bash
set -o errexit -o nounset -o xtace
cp -rp data1 /backup
cp -rp data2 /backup
cp -rp data3 /backup
.fi
.RE
.P
When an error is detected, Cronic outputs a report listing the result
code, error output, and combined trace and error output. The combined
output can help put error messages in context. An example:
.P
.RS
.nf
From: user@example.net (Cron Daemon)
To: user@example.net
Subject: Cron
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