# Scheduled export (systemd timer)

Runs `scripts/export-runner.sh` once a day at **03:30** via a systemd timer (this host
has no cron daemon; the timer is native and, unlike cron, catches up a missed run with
`Persistent=true` if the machine was asleep/off at 03:30).

`ctrader-export.service` runs `scripts/cron-export.sh` as user `brummel` (a wrapper that
sets a sane PATH, serialises with `flock`, and logs into `runtime/logs/`).

## Install (one-time, needs sudo)

```bash
sudo cp deploy/systemd/ctrader-export.service deploy/systemd/ctrader-export.timer \
        /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now ctrader-export.timer
```

## Verify / operate

```bash
systemctl list-timers ctrader-export.timer   # next/last fire time
systemctl status ctrader-export.service      # last run result
journalctl -u ctrader-export.service         # service-level logs
ls -t runtime/logs/                          # per-run export logs
sudo systemctl start ctrader-export.service  # run once now, on demand
sudo systemctl disable --now ctrader-export.timer  # stop scheduling
```

Paths in the unit files are absolute (`/home/brummel/dev/cTrader`). If the repo moves,
update `ExecStart` in `ctrader-export.service` and re-run the install steps.