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<p>Migrated comment #2362</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>- The installation process should create a systemctl service to start/stop the process instead of using crontab.<br /> <br /> I did the following:<br /> <br /> Copied /home/pi/x728/x728v2-asd.py to /usr/local/bin:<br /> sudo cp /home/pi/x728/x728v2-asd.py /usr/local/bin<br /> <br /> Then created a systemctl service file to start the script:<br /> <br /> sudo vi /lib/systemd/system/x728-shutdown.service<br /> <br /> Contents of the file:<br /> <br /> [Unit]<br /> Description=Geekworm x728 Shutdown Service<br /> After=network.target<br /> <br /> [Service]<br /> Type=simple<br /> StandardOutput=null<br /> WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/bin<br /> User=root<br /> Restart=always<br /> RestartSec=3<br /> ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/x728v2-asd.py<br /> ExecReload=/bin/kill -2 $MAINPID<br /> KillMode=process<br /> <br /> [Install]<br /> WantedBy=multi-user.target<br /> <br /> Then I reloaded systemctl to read the new service file:<br /> <br /> sudo systemctl daemon-reload<br /> <br /> Enable the service:<br /> <br /> sudo systemctl enable x728-shutdown.service<br /> <br /> Started the service:<br /> <br /> sudo systemctl start x728-shutdown.service<br /> <br /> Display the status:<br /> <br /> sudo systemctl status x728-shutdown.service<br /> <br /> ● x728-shutdown.service - Geekworm x728 Shutdown Service<br /> Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/x728-shutdown.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)<br /> Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-02-24 18:30:59 EST; 3min 55s ago<br /> Main PID: 1632 (python3)<br /> Tasks: 1 (limit: 1597)<br /> CPU: 113ms<br /> CGroup: /system.slice/x728-shutdown.service<br /> └─1632 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/x728v2-asd.py<br /> <br /> Feb 24 18:30:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Geekworm x728 Shutdown Service.<br /> <br /> MUCH better than adding to crontab!&lt;!-- migrated from Comments; original IP: 23.127.128.93 --&gt;</div>

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