v2.05.0

-Improved documentation

README.txt

@@ -102,12 +102,21 @@ ADD THE LINES IN THIS FILE ---FIRST ABOVE--- THAT COMMAND (to preserve your CURR
 
 
 
-Add this as a cron job every minute, by creating the following file (you'll need sudo permissions): /etc/cron.d/ticker and add the following line (and a carriage return AFTER it):
+Add this as a cron job every minute, by creating the following file (you'll need sudo permissions): /etc/cron.d/ticker and add the following line (and a carriage return AFTER it to be safe):
 
 * * * * * pi /bin/bash /home/pi/dfd-crypto-ticker/scripts/keep-screensaver-off.bash > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 
 
+If your system DOES NOT have /etc/cron.d/ on it, then NEARLY the same format (minus the username) can be installed via the 'crontab -e' command (logged in as the user you want running the cron job):
+
+* * * * * /bin/bash /home/pi/dfd-crypto-ticker/scripts/keep-screensaver-off.bash > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+
+
+IMPORTANT CRON JOB NOTES: MAKE SURE YOU ONLY USE EITHER /etc/cron.d/, or 'crontab -e', NOT BOTH...ANY OLD DUPLICATE ENTRIES WILL RUN YOUR CRON JOB TOO OFTEN.
+
+
 When you've finished setting up everything, reboot to activate the ticker with this command:
 sudo reboot
 

TICKER-INSTALL.bash

@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ select opt in $OPTIONS; do
 				# cron.d entries MUST BE OWNED BY ROOT
 				/bin/chown root:root /etc/cron.d/ticker
 
+        		CRON_SETUP=1
 
 				echo " "
 				echo "Ticker configuration complete."
@@ -563,6 +564,22 @@ fi
 
 
 
+if [ "$CRON_SETUP" = "1" ]; then
+
+echo "A cron job has been setup for user '$SYS_USER',"
+echo "as a command in /etc/cron.d/ticker:"
+echo "$CRONJOB"
+echo " "
+
+echo "Double-check that the command 'crontab -e' does not have any OLD MATCHING entries"
+echo "pointing to the same cron job, OR YOUR CRON JOB WILL RUN TOO OFTEN."
+echo "(when /etc/cron.d/ is used, then 'crontab -e' should NOT BE USED for the same cron job)"
+echo " "
+
+fi
+
+
+
 echo "Edit the following file in a text editor to switch between the"
 echo "different Coinbase Pro crypto assets and their paired markets: "
 echo "/home/$SYS_USER/dfd-crypto-ticker/apps/ticker/config.js"

dfd-crypto-ticker/Misc.Docs.Etc/changelog.txt

@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ v2.04.3
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+v2.05.0
+-Improved documentation
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