Issue Schedule delete files

[tanasis]

Hello,
i want every Monday to delete a directory.

I'm using the command
rm -R -f /var/www/vhosts/example.com/public_html/image/cache
as "Task type: Run a command" but doesn't delete file.

Can you help me?

 

[IgorG]

Try to define the full path to the command /usr/bin/rm

 

[tanasis]

Try to define the full path to the command /usr/bin/rm

Doesn't work.

 

[Maarten.]

Check the logfile /var/log/cron to find out what the issue is.

Run:
# tail -f /var/log/cron

and excute the cron command in the GUI.

 

[tanasis]

Check the logfile /var/log/cron to find out what the issue is.

Run:
# tail -f /var/log/cron

and excute the cron command in the GUI.

When i run the Schedule Task (i press the button Run Now), i get a successful message : Task "/usr/bin/rm -R -f /var/www/vhosts/example.com/public_html/image/cache" successfully completed in 0 seconds.

Also, i don't have errors. But the files, doesn't delete

 

[Maarten.]

Ok, I tested this on a local Plesk server.

If you run this command as a non-root user, the user doesn't know about /var/www/vhosts/subscription

So, the command becomes something like this:

/bin/rm -rf /public_html/image/cache/*

The log file is /var/log/plesk/task-manager.log, not /var/log/cron.

By the way: what's the deal with the public_html folder? Plesk uses httpdocs as the root directory for the subscriptions.

 

[tanasis]

Doesn't delete files, not errors....

INFO 2022/08/19 14:08:32 task=107755 process=107755 trace=4100641:62ff6f3082e5b Starting as 'run-plesk-task-107755.service' systemd unit with command: [/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/php /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/scripts/task-async-executor.php -task-id 4316]
INFO 2022/08/19 14:08:32 task=107755 process=107755 Finished with exit code 0 and 'success' status in 878.366499ms, unit finished in 306.29ms

By the way: what's the deal with the public_html folder? Plesk uses httpdocs as the root directory for the subscriptions.

Because the was a migration from cPanel.

 

[Maarten.]

Because the was a migration from cPanel.

I get that, but does that public_html folder exists? It seems unlikely to me on a Plesk server.

 

[tanasis]

I get that, but does that public_html folder exists? It seems unlikely to me on a Plesk server.

Yes, exists.

 

[Kniar]

Save your rm command (with full path for rm) in /var/spool/cron/root
Then run : crontab /var/spool/cron/root

 

[fortunegeek]

I still can't get this working via the Schedule a Task in Plesk.. Is it not possible?

Tried

/bin/rm -rf /public_html/temporary/*

rm -f /public_html/temporary/*
Any other suggestions? As the other poster mentioned there is no log output except success, but files are not deleting.

And I also migrated from Control panel and can confirm that files remain in /public_html/

 

[Kniar]

I suppose your /public_html/temporary/* path is wrong.
Shouldn't it be /var/www/vhosts/DOMAIIN.COM/public_html/temporary/* or something like that ?

 

[tanasis]

I still can't get this working via the Schedule a Task in Plesk.. Is it not possible?

Tried

/bin/rm -rf /public_html/temporary/*

rm -f /public_html/temporary/*
Any other suggestions? As the other poster mentioned there is no log output except success, but files are not deleting.

And I also migrated from Control panel and can confirm that files remain in /public_html/

The problem still exists... If you find any solution please let me know.

 

[Bitpalast]

@tanasis The path is wrong. You are starting the path with a / which means that public_html branches off the directory root of the server. No Linux distribution does that. What you probably want is to remove a public_html directory that branches off your subscription root directory. That would be /var/www/vhosts/DOMAIN.COM. AS @Kniar had already pointed out, the parameter must then be /var/www/vhosts/DOMAIN.COM/public_html/temporary/* else the command must fail as it cannot find the public_html.

 

[fortunegeek]

Can confirm that -

/bin/rm -rf /var/www/vhosts/DOMAIN.com/public_html/temporary/*

and

/bin/rm -rf /var/www/vhosts/DOMAIN.com/public_html/temporary/*.jpg

Deletes all files or only *.jpg ...

Thank you.|

 

[Kniar]

You're correct but notice that :

/bin/rm -rf /var/www/vhosts/DOMAIN.com/public_html/temporary/*

deletes all files and directories

 

[tanasis]

No, doesn't work...

The command:
/bin/rm -rf /var/www/vhosts/DOMAIN.COM/public_html/image/cache/*




...and im getting



If i run the command via ssh terminal, everything is working fine....


(please remove Resolved from subject)

 

[Bitpalast]

The output says "successfully completed". What's wrong with that?

 

[tanasis]

Please remove the "Resolved", the issue still exists.

 

[Bitpalast]

Could you please describe why from your point of view "successfully completed" ist not a successful completion of the task?