XenBlocks Syncnode scheduled setup

Syncnode service

Create a file:

nano syncnode.sh

and paste following:

#!/bin/sh
LOCK=/tmp/syncnode.lock
if [ -f "$LOCK" ]; then
  echo "Already running..."
  exit 1
fi
touch "$LOCK"
cd /FULL_PATH_TO_SCRIPT
/usr/bin/python3 /FULL_PATH_TO_SCRIPT/syncnode.py YOUR_ADDRESS
/usr/bin/python3 /FULL_PATH_TO_SCRIPT/xenminer/index_builder.py
rm "$LOCK"
exit 0

Make syncnode.sh executable:

chmod +x syncnode.sh

Create a cron job to run this script every 5 minutes

Run crontab -e and paste the following

*/5 * * * * /FULL_PATH_TO_SCRIPT/syncnode.sh

The syncnode.lock file will prevent the python scripts from running multiple times at the same time.