What does "periodic.sh" do?

[ericofpendom]

I am still having a problem with time jumps in the night period and I have just been observing system activity with HTOP and I noticed that during a period where Allsky is running but no images are being taken, all that seems to be running is periodic.sh. I wonder if anyone can tell me what this does and could it be contributing to my issue. Thanks in advance.

[Alex-developer]

periodic.sh is run by a systemd job in /etc/systemd/system/allskyperiodic.service

Its responsible for running modules in the periodic flow. Its a simple scrip that sleeps for a period of time, defined in the module manager and when awakes runs the periodic flow.

It will be running 24/7. I very much doubt its the cause of the problem but to rule it out you could run

systemctl stop allskyperiodic

This will disable any modules in the periodic flow, to restart it

systemctl start allskyperiodic

[ericofpendom]

Here is a link to my post with attached log files.
#3873 (reply in thread)

[ericofpendom]

I have just stopped the allskyperiodic as per your suggestion. It is so frustrating as it is a fantastic clear night here.

[Alex-developer]

I'll try and take a look tomorrow for you

[ericofpendom]

Thanks Alex, much appreciated.

[Alex-developer]

Thanks Alex, much appreciated.

Sorry been a little busy so not had chance to look at this but will do in the next few days