improve error message

README.md

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Available variables:
 | `scheduled`        |         no (`false`)          | If `restic_create_cron` is set to `true`, this backup is scheduled and tries to create a systemd timer unit. If it fails, it is creating a cronjob. |
 | `schedule_oncalendar` |  ``'*-*-* 02:00:00'``      | The time for the systemd timer. Please notice the randomDelaySec option. By Default the backup is done every night at 2 am (+0-4h). But only if scheduled is true.  |
 | `schedule_minute`  |           no (`*`)            | Minute when the job is run. ( 0-59, *, */2, etc ) |
-| `schedule_hour`    |           no (`*`)            | Hour when the job is run. ( 0-23, *, */2, etc )  |
+| `schedule_hour`    |           no (`2`)            | Hour when the job is run. ( 0-23, *, */2, etc )  |
 | `schedule_weekday` |           no (`*`)            | Weekday when the job is run.  ( 0-6 for Sunday-Saturday, *, etc ) |
 | `schedule_month`   |           no (`*`)            | Month when the job is run. ( 1-12, *, */2, etc )  |
 | `exclude`          |           no (`{}`)           | Allows you to specify files to exclude. See [Exclude](#exclude) for reference. |

tasks/timer.yml

@@ -70,9 +70,28 @@
         - restic_create_cron
         - item.name is defined
         - item.scheduled | default(false)
+
+    - name: delete old cronjob entry if available
+      ansible.builtin.cron:
+        name: "do1jlr.restic backup {{ item.name }}"
+        job: "CRON=true {{ restic_script_dir }}/backup-{{ item.name | replace(' ', '') }}.sh"
+        minute: '{{ item.schedule_minute | default("*") }}'
+        hour: '{{ item.schedule_hour | default("2") }}'
+        weekday: '{{ item.schedule_weekday | default("*") }}'
+        month: '{{ item.schedule_month | default("*") }}'
+        state: absent
+        cron_file: '/etc/crontab'
+        user: 'root'
+      become: true
+      no_log: true
+      with_items: '{{ restic_backups }}'
+      when:
+        - restic_create_cron
+        - item.name is defined
+        - item.scheduled | default(false)
   when: ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
   rescue:
-    - name: set ceonjo intead of systemd
+    - name: set cronjob intead of systemd
       set_fact:
         restic_force_cron: true
 
@@ -82,7 +101,7 @@
     name: "do1jlr.restic backup {{ item.name }}"
     job: "CRON=true {{ restic_script_dir }}/backup-{{ item.name | replace(' ', '') }}.sh"
     minute: '{{ item.schedule_minute | default("*") }}'
-    hour: '{{ item.schedule_hour | default("*") }}'
+    hour: '{{ item.schedule_hour | default("2") }}'
     weekday: '{{ item.schedule_weekday | default("*") }}'
     month: '{{ item.schedule_month | default("*") }}'
     state: present

templates/restic_script_Linux.j2

@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ then
 else
     echo "$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') ERROR" >> {{ forget_result_log }}
     {% if item.mail_on_error is defined and item.mail_on_error == true %}
-    mail -s "restic backup failed on {{ ansible_hostname }}" {{ item.mail_address }}  <<< 'Something went wrong while running restic backup script at {{ ansible_hostname }}'
+    mail -s "restic backup failed on {{ ansible_hostname }}" {{ item.mail_address }}  <<< "Something went wrong while running restic backup script running at {{ ansible_hostname }} at $(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S').
+      {%- if item.src is defined -%}
+        {{ ' ' }}We tried to backup '{{ item.src }}'.
+      {%- endif -%}
+      {{ ' ' }}Please repair the restic-{{ item.name | replace(' ', '') }} job."
     {% endif %}
 fi

vars/main.yml

@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ restic_os_variables:
   paths:
     - 'vars'
 
-playbook_version_number: 10  # should be int
+playbook_version_number: 11  # should be int
 playbook_version_path: 'do1jlr.restic.version'