Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 06:57:10 -0500 From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> To: "Jeremy Chadwick" <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: debugging cronjobs not running Message-ID: <fb6605670811090357i7223fa23h4bf6cab5bb3b3da3@mail.gmail.com>
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So, I'm running cron in debug mode, and I do see things like this about my crontab. load_entry()...returning successfully load_env, read <*/5 * * * * cacti /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/share/cacti/poller.php 1>/dev/null 2>&1> load_env, parse error, state = 7 but that parse_error line is the same for many links that do seem to be run properly. The symptoms I'm seeing is some cronjobs, specifically weekly ones, not running as expected. Plus, I used to get email from the nightly runs of periodic, and now I don't see anything. I know some jobs aren't running because they produce files as output and I'm not seeing them. That, or they're simply running unsuccessfully. One thing I noticed is that "man 5 crontab" seems to make no mention of the "user" field used in /etc/crontab, but that's likely just a documentation error. Has anyone ever configured cronjobs that just didn't run, or you didn't get mail for them like you should have? Thanks, Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein
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