on Sat, Apr 27, 2002, Carlos Sousa (csousa@tvtel.pt) wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:28:12 -0700 "Karsten M. Self"
> <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> > 3/15 * * * * root /etc/init.d/fetchmail start 1>/dev/null
> ^^^
> > ...which should restart fetchmail every fifteen minutes.
>
> Should it? man 5 crontab says:
> Step values can be used in conjunction with ranges. Fol-
> lowing a range with ``/<number>'' specifies skips of the
> number's value through the range. For example, ``0-23/2''
> ...
> Steps are also permitted after an asterisk, so if you want
> to say ``every two hours'', just use ``*/2''.
>
> But you're using 3/15 in the minutes field. Could that be it? Perhaps
> 3-48/15 would work better...
I think you're right. The list format I've replaced with it seems to be
working in the meantime.
> > Problem is, it doesn't.
> >
> > I've changed the inovcation to read:
> >
> > 3,18,33,48 * * * * root /etc/init.d/fetchmail start
> > 1>/dev/null
> >
> > Checking just now, the daemon's still running.
>
> Not sure I understand you here. Isn't that OK, that the daemon is
> running? Or did you really want to *restart*, not *start*, it?
Try this from the command line.
If fetchmail is running, you are told that it is. If it isn't, you
start it. A restart isn't appropriate because if the problem I'm
experiencing exists, there's no current process to restart. Not that
this means it doesn't work, I haven't checked specifically.
Peace.
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