[Koha] Items marked long overdue one day after due date

[Tim McMahon]

Output from /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/longoverdue.pl -v --lost 100=1 
--charge 1 --confirm

starting range: 100 - 366 with lost value 1 at 
/usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/longoverdue.pl line 104.
updating 18281 for borrower 3656 to lost: 1 at 
/usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/longoverdue.pl line 108.
  3656  /  18281  at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Accounts.pm line 314.
Undefined subroutine &C4::Accounts::ModItem called at 
/usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Accounts.pm line 317.


Brendan Gallagher wrote:
> Hey Tim --
> 
> As Joe suggest below - have you tried running the command with the  
> minus v ( -v ) flag set.  This would need to be run from the command  
> line and not through crontab (and you can run at anytime).  It should  
> print most everything that the perl script is doing on your command  
> window.
> 
> Give that a try and see if it helps you determine what's going on.
> 
> -Brendan
> 
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> On Feb 19, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Tim McMahon wrote:
> 
>> This is what I changed my crontab entry to and I'm still getting items
>> marked as long overdue and the patron is charged the cost of the item
>> when they are only one day past due.
>>
>> 10 21 * * * /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/longoverdue.pl --lost 100=1
>> --charge 1 --confirm
>>
>> Joe Atzberger wrote:
>>> Tim --
>>>
>>> In my opinion, the longoverdue.pl cronjobs fails to support multiple
>>> --lost arguments reliably, despite its example's claim to the  
>>> contrary.
>>>
>>> You can try executing the job with -v (verbose) and see if you don't
>>> have an unexpected range for your second case reported, like:
>>> starting range: X - Y with lost value 1
>>>
>>> I recommend only using one --lost argument for now.
>>>
>>> --Joe
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Tim McMahon <tmcmahon at wlpl.org
>>> <mailto:tmcmahon at wlpl.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    Running Koha 3, we're having all items marked long overdue one  
>>> day after
>>>    the due date and patrons are charged the items replacement  
>>> price.  Our
>>>    LOST status is 1=lost and 2=long overdue.  The crontab entry is  
>>> from
>>>    crontab.example
>>>
>>>    10 21 * * 1 $USER $KOHA_CRON_PATH/longoverdue.pl --lost 20=2 -- 
>>> lost
>>>    100=1 --charge 1 --confirm
>>>
>>>    What else should I be checking to get long overdues to wait till  
>>> books
>>>    ar long ovedue?
>>>
>>>    --
>>>    Tim McMahon
>>>    Technical Services
>>>    West Liberty Public Library
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Tim McMahon
Technical Services
West Liberty Public Library
400 N. Spencer St.
West Liberty, IA 52776
Phone: 319-627-2084	Fax: 319-627-2135
tmcmahon at wlpl.org	http://www.wlpl.org