Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:09:48 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Jason Hunt <jhunt@blaz.homeip.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cron job not running.. Message-ID: <20010127190948.Q10761@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> In-Reply-To: <3A721D2A.37548A4C@blaz.niinet.net>; from jhunt@blaz.homeip.net on Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 06:58:18PM -0600 References: <3A721D2A.37548A4C@blaz.niinet.net>
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On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 06:58:18PM -0600, Jason Hunt wrote: > I have a cron job setup in freebsd that is not being > executed for some reason. I have used them time and time > again in linux and on other bsd systems, but for some > reason this is not executing -- there is nothing wrong > with the path/executable. Here is what I have in > /var/cron/tabs/roo# logcheck > > > 0 * * * * /usr/local/etc/logcheck/logcheck.sh > # seti@home > 0 * * * * cd /root/setiathome ; ./setiathome -nice 19 > /dev/null 2> > /dev/null > # date & time > 0 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate clock.isc.org > /dev/null 2> /dev/null This should not be what a file in there looks like. You should not be touching anything in /var/cron/tabs anyway. crontab(1) must be used. > the top one doesn't seem to be running. I just added it > today and even sent a HUP to cron. I really do not want > to reboot in order to get this working.. not sure whats going > on here.. am I am missing something? You did use crontab(1), right? If you don't use crontab(1), it won't work. And I do not know what good a reboot qould do. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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