update

check_router_reboot.jl

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
 # *** juliar is root's julia (sudo crontab -e) but I symlinked to juliar because I want to seperate it from user's julia
 # @reboot /usr/local/bin/juliar /home/ton/docker-programs/check_and_reboot/check_router_reboot.jl >> /var/log/check_reboot.log 2>&1
-
+# @reboot /root/.juliaup/bin/julia /root/docker-apps/check_and_reboot/check_router_reboot.jl >> /var/log/check_reboot.log 2>&1
 
 using Dates, Printf, JSON
 
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ end
 
 # Main loop: runs indefinitely every CHECK_INTERVAL_SECS
 function main_loop()
+    # Ensure log file exists
+    if !isfile(LogFilePath)
+        open(LogFilePath, "a") do io
+            # create empty file
+        end
+    end
     # limit  log file to latest 100 events
     limitTextFileLines(LogFilePath; maxlines=100)
     thisFilePath = @__FILE__ 

check_router_reboot_log.txt

@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@
 [2026-03-11T16:27:47.181] Starting check loop. Checking router 192.168.88.1 every 60 seconds.
 [2026-03-11T16:30:28.572] Starting check loop. Checking router 192.168.88.1 every 60 seconds.
 [2026-03-11T16:43:50.213] Starting check loop. Checking router 192.168.88.1 every 60 seconds.
+[2026-03-11T17:37:15.954] Starting check loop. Checking router 192.168.88.1 every 60 seconds.
+[2026-03-11T20:38:46.720] Starting check loop. Checking router 192.168.88.1 every 60 seconds.
+[2026-03-11T20:50:40.732] Starting check loop. Checking router 192.168.88.1 every 60 seconds.

check_yiem_website_reboot.jl

@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ end
 
 # Main loop: runs indefinitely every CHECK_INTERVAL_SECS
 function main_loop()
+    # Ensure log file exists
+    if !isfile(LogFilePath)
+        open(LogFilePath, "a") do io
+            # create empty file
+        end
+    end
     # limit  log file to latest 100 events
     limitTextFileLines(LogFilePath; maxlines=100)
     thisFilePath = @__FILE__