crontab doesn't work
Demian
lists at dlfws.net
Fri Mar 24 21:03:55 UTC 2006
Rodrigo G. Tavares de Souza wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Do I have to start something to crontab works?
>
> configuration file:
> # MIN HOUR DAY/MONTH MONTH DAY/WEEK USER COMMAND
> 59 23 * * * root
> "/usr/local/etc/sarg/make-report"
> 0 0 * * 0 squid
> "/usr/local/etc/sbin/squid -k rotate"
>
> It should generate a report every day, and clear the log file every
> week, but it isn't hapaning!
> What do I suppose to do?
>
Hello,
I checked my crontabs and I don't have double quotes around the
path/script name. You could try to remove them.
Do the scripts work if you run them from the command line?
To check if cron is running, issue this command:
ps auwx | grep cron
The output should look something like this:
root 421 0.0 0.2 1312 896 ?? Is 8Mar06 0:05.41
/usr/sbin/cron -s
If cron isn't running, try this:
/etc/rc.d/cron start
Hope this helps,
Demian
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