Arch Linux Question (orFor any OS that uses systemd to manage processes and follows the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard by the Linux Foundation)
I recently asked where to but a systemd unit file: Where do I put my systemd unit file?
I would like to run a python script every 5 minutes (not to be confused with a systemd unit file script that calls the python script). I read the answers to this question: Run script every 30 min with systemd
This is where my question comes in. Where should or could you store scripts that are run by systemd? Is there a reserved place for these, particularly on Arch Linux?
- For example, logs are placed in
/var/log systemdunit files are placed under/etc/systemd/system
/etc/systemd/system/writehello.service
Here is an example service.
[Unit]
Description=Run python script that writes hello in file on /media/5TB/hello.txt
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=# <-- This is what I am looking for
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
/etc/systemd/system/writehello.timer
Here is a corresponding timer. This is all stuff documented by the amazing Arch Linux developers (brown nosing).
[Unit]
Description=test
[Timer]
Persistent=true
OnUnitActiveSec=10s
OnBootSec=10s
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
/path/to/writehello.py
This is the path I am looking for.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
f1 = open('/media/mydrive/hello.txt','a')
f1.write('hello %s\n' % (now))
f1.close
