Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:28:58 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Jim Pazarena <fquest@ccstores.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cron job limits Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20060613112719.02719c70@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <448EDB17.6040305@ccstores.com> References: <448EDB17.6040305@ccstores.com>
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Is your shell different from the account running the cron job? Is there any other jobs that might kill this cron job? Add echo statements to your script and save a log file. Be sure to redirect stderr as well as stdout to the log file. -Derek At 10:34 AM 6/13/2006, Jim Pazarena wrote: >I have a fairly lengthy routine which runs each >Sunday morning in a cronjob. For many months >now it has never completed, and I have to manually >run it from the CLI. (which runs fine). The cronjob >runs as root. > >It isn't failing because of a PATH problem, >(it's just /usr/local/bin/analog running in dozens >of repetitions) > >/usr/bin/limits shows most limits as infinity > >I don't get any email error message .. nothing! it just quits! > >any ideas? > >Thanks > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.
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