Re: cron.daily isn't
On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 02:32:41PM -0800, Ernest Johanson wrote:
> I had a similar experience recently on the alpha platform. If I added
> something to the crontab file, it didn't run. I had to stop and start the
> cron daemon to get the new entry to run. Reloading didn't do it. This is
> on frozen.
>
> Ernest Johanson
> Web Systems Administrator
> Fuller Theological Seminary
>
>
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:33:01 -0800
> > From: kmself@ix.netcom.com
> > To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> > Subject: cron.daily isn't
> >
> > I seem to have a problem with my anacron. In particular, cron.daily
> > scripts don't appear to run when advertised, or more troubling, at all.
> >
> > Both cron and at are doing fine.
If your system is up 24/7, I suggest removing at. It is only meant for
machines that are up "sometimes, like dual boot setups, desktops that get
shutdown at night, etc...
If it still occurs (or doesn't as the case may be), then perhaps at is at
fault somehow. I've never heard of problems with cron.
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