One of the problems having gaia reinventing the wheel is the problem of adding simple commands using quotes.
For instance, a simple find command does not execute due to quotes being removed and wildcards executed in the wrong context.
Example, I want to clean up the /var/log/CPbackup/backups folder on a schedule.
The linux admin way is to do something like this in crontab:
00 05 * * * find /var/log/CPbackup/backups/ -name "*.tgz" -type f -mtime +1 -delete -print
When adding this command with clish (add cron) the quotes disappear and the entire command changes fatally.
So one can "trick" clish by adding single quotes:
add cron job backup_cleanup command 'find /var/log/CPbackup/backups/ -name "*.tgz" -type f -mtime +1 -delete -print' recurrence daily time 05:00
Though what happens if you do a `show configuration cron`?
harald-r80-40-mgmt> show configuration cron
add cron job backup_cleanup command "find /var/log/CPbackup/backups/ -name "*.tgz" -type f -mtime +1 -delete -print" recurrence daily time 07:45
The double quotes are back again!
So if you want to be safe, don't use commands in gaia cron, call a script. Also remember sk90441 (and sk167632).
A plea to the clish developers; if you really have to reinvent the wheel, at least make it round.
