If you want to test if the jobs are running, to this: # TMPFILE="`mktemp /etc/cron.daily/test.XXXXXX`" # cat > "$TMPFILE" <<EOF #!/bin/sh echo "cron.daily works" EOF # chmod 755 "$TMPFILE" Then wait a day or so and see if you get a message saying "cron.daily works". If you get it then cron.daily is being run. Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > David Mandelberg wrote: > > >>Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: >> >>>1) how do I verify that one of the jobs in /etc/cron.daily/ ran to >>>successful completion >> >>The output of the jobs in /etc/cron.daily/ is emailed to root, so you >>just need to set up a mta to forward it to your real address (unless you >>already have a working mta config, in which case, just check root's mail). >> > > Well, I hope no news is good news, because I might have a problem elsways. > > I have my mail forwarded to a user account, which I check with kmail. > Since I am receiving no daily reports, does this mean that none of my daily > jobs are running? > > If so, I think it may be because I am not up 24/7. Is there a way for me > to tell anacron to run all the contents of the cron.daily folder (since it > is set up for systems like mine which are not 24/7.) > --- > Scotty > > -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$ UB+++>++++$L++++$*-- P+>++$ L+++(++++)$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K- w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-) b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e->++++ h* r? z* ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ David Mandelberg webmaster@eth0.is-a-geek.org
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