Hanging run-parts
Hello, my cron.daily scripts turned to zombies everyday.
I described this problem in debian-user, but didn't get any answers.
11300 ? S 0:03 /usr/sbin/cron
3390 ? SW 0:00 \_ /USR/SBIN/CRON
3393 ? SW 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh -c test -e /usr/sbin/anacron ||
run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 2>&1 | mail -s "[Log]
3403 ? SW 0:00 | \_ run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
4373 ? Z 0:00 | | \_ [man-db <defunct>]
3404 ? SW 0:00 | \_ mail -s [Log] Daily report from Maul
7789 ? SW 0:00 \_ /USR/SBIN/CRON
7792 ? SW 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh -c test -e /usr/sbin/anacron ||
run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 2>&1 | mail -s "[Log]
7798 ? SW 0:00 | \_ run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
8129 ? Z 0:00 | | \_ [exim <defunct>]
7799 ? SW 0:00 | \_ mail -s [Log] Daily report from Maul
1343 ? SW 0:00 \_ /USR/SBIN/CRON
1347 ? SW 0:00 \_ /bin/sh -c test -e /usr/sbin/anacron ||
run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 2>&1 | mail -s "[Log]
1351 ? SW 0:00 \_ run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
2541 ? Z 0:00 | \_ [find <defunct>]
1352 ? SW 0:00 \_ mail -s [Log] Daily report from Maul
1365 ? SW 0:00 \_ /USR/SBIN/CRON
1366 ? SW 0:00 \_ /bin/sh -c test -e /usr/sbin/anacron ||
run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 2>&1 | mail -s "[Log]
1367 ? SW 0:00 \_ run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
2560 ? Z 0:00 | \_ [proftpd <defunct>]
1361 ? SW 0:00 \_ mail -s [Log] Daily report from Maul
ps afx output after 4 days of my vacation.
cron.daily scripts are standart except backup and site_index
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maul:/lib/modules# ls /etc/cron.daily/
backup calendar exim find man-db modutils netbase proftpd quota
samba site_index standard sysklogd
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backup - uses TOB to backup all changed data on hard disk and transfer
gzipped tar to my comp via samba mount.
site_index - uses mnogosearch (www.mnogosearch.org) to index some local
sites
Both scripts doesn't turn to zombies, it's some standart script everyday.
cron.daily starts at 9pm.
I will try to separate my scripts to my own cron.mydaily directory today.
But behavior is bad, because system has free resourses
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maul:/lib/modules# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 256100 251608 4492 0 1864 32892
-/+ buffers/cache: 216852 39248
Swap: 511132 54572 456560
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Sergey "BeerBong" Polyakov
chief of WebZavod (http://www.webzavod.ru)
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