is it possible to restart cron itself

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netusernoname
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 4:17    Post subject: is it possible to restart cron itself Reply with quote
Hi All

i have some issue : my ddns update script hangs every day and i try to solve by restart router router at 04.00AM every day but not working script still hang.
so i want some help for anyone. can i restart cron itself wit "stopservice cron && startservice cron"
on cron section
Code:
*/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/wget -qO- http://ddns.com/nic/update?username=xxx"&"password=xxx"&"hostname=xxx.ddns.com &> /dev/null
stopservice crond && startservice crond


thank you all
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Mike42Smith
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 11:33    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, I wouldn't restart the cron service.
First I would use the DDNS update process build in the DD-WRT WEB-GUI. Why do you use a cronjob for this update without the function to update the DDNS entry every time your WAN interface gets a new IP address?

Nevertheless I would also try cronjob command like this:

Code:
*/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/wget -qO- 'http://ddns.com/nic/update?username=xxx&password=xxx&hostname=xxx.ddns.com' &> /dev/null


or " instead of '
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