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Re: Guix home mcron help
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Trev |
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Re: Guix home mcron help |
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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:57:25 -0700 |
Quick update:
I was able to get my mcron working in a way that seems to be the proper
"guix home" way. It just took a lot of re-reading, trial & error.
The downside to my solution is that I had to wrap my entire mailsync
module in a #~(job #$(program-file)) gexp.
Here's an example of my solution: https://pastebin.com/f12mvpUz
I hate to admit that I struggled a lot with the documentation for what a
gexp is, how they're meant to be implemented, and what a (job) procedure
will allow given the context of a guix home service.
For example, I couldn't figure out how to store my module & an image
file in the guix store so that I could thereafter load and run the file
with a command such as `guile -s` as the cron job. Or better yet, load the
module with
`use-modules` from the "program-file" and run the exported functions.
Anyway, I am open to feedback/suggestions. Thanks for reading this :)
Trev <trev@trevdev.ca> writes:
> Hey guys,
>
> I am trying to appreciate how to set up a guix home mcron using a separate
> module that I wrote that exports the job.
>
> My config lives in ~/.config/guix/home/config.scm
>
> My cron module lives in ~/.config/guix/home/cron/mailsync.scm
>
> The mailsync module export this:
>
> (define-public %mailsync-job
> #~(job '(next-minute-from
> (next-minute) (range 0 60 15))
> (lambda ()
> (mailsync-update %mailsync-default-terms)
> (mailsync-notify
> (mailsync-count-new-messages)))
> "mbsync-nm-job"))
>
> In my home config I am using it like this:
>
> (home-environment
> (packages
> (specifications->packages
> (append %base-packages
> %emacs
> %multimedia
> %browsers
> %chat-clients
> %devel)))
> (services
> (list (service home-mcron-service-type
> (home-mcron-configuration
> (jobs (list %mailsync-job)))))))
>
> The command guix home reconfigure ~/.config/guix/home/config.scm passes
> without errors but the resulting cron is unhappy when it runs
> because it has lost scope of the module it came from and can't find
> mailsync-update (or any other definitions from within said module).
>
> I have attempted to implement with-imported-modules from within the module
> and from within my home configuration and am not having much
> success.
>
> Can I get a push?
>
> Here's a link to the config and module in full:
> https://gist.github.com/trev-dev/3312444daa75758822c06db5922aac4f
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>
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