Re: Cron does not run.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Sthu Deus <sthu.deus@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good day.
>
>
> I can not set up cron. This is what I have as I tested it (I tried for daily only for now):
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> At 3:40 I put into /etc/crontab:
> 50 3 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
>
> in /etc/cron.daily I put file A with single line:
> date > /tmp/cron-ran
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> At 3:50 I have checked /tmp looking for A file - but it is not.
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> As I do understand, the report of the run jobs should be put to /var/spool/cron or in /var/spool/cron/crontabs dir. (?), but it is empty.
>
> So, what is wrong w/ my set up?
Maybe cron wants to tell you something with a email, did you check
/var/mail/mail ?
It depends on how you have configure the mail system.
cron.daily will run the next day in the morning
Regards,
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