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Re: TIME, DATE and CRON... trap for the unwary



On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 10:15:00AM +1000, Ian Perry wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Just came across a point about Time and Date and CRON which could cause a
> problem for those who are unaware.
> 
> If you have CRON running and you set back the Date or Time backwards, CRON
> will not run until at least the old time has been reached again.
> 
> A quick reboot solves the problem.

Wouldn't restarting crond also work?

Walt

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