Cron #

As an alternative to systemd timers, Quad-Ops can be scheduled with cron.

System-Wide (root) #

sudo crontab -e

# Sync repositories and start services every 5 minutes
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/quad-ops sync

User Mode (rootless) #

crontab -e

# Sync repositories and start services every 5 minutes
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/quad-ops sync

Quad-Ops automatically detects user mode and uses the appropriate default paths (~/.local/share/quad-ops, ~/.config/containers/systemd).

Custom Config Path #

*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/quad-ops sync --config /path/to/config.yaml

Logging Output #

Redirect output to a log file for troubleshooting:

*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/quad-ops sync >> /var/log/quad-ops.log 2>&1