hi all,

we have a linux box (fedora core 1) which does not execute cron jobs.
If I do a ps I get:
[root@server root]# ps -ef | grep cron
root      4165     1  0 15:19 ?        00:00:00 crond
so it seems cron is running.

When I add a job to cron it says:
[root@server root]# crontab -e
.......type in crontab job......
crontab: installing new crontab

so the job is added, but it doesn't run. I have redirected the cron
output to a log file but the log file isn't being written to at all.

Any advice would be appreciated

TIA

eddiec :-)

"pc" <chalk@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
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> When I add a job to cron it says:
> [root@server root]# crontab -e
> ......type in crontab job......
> crontab: installing new crontab
> 
> so the job is added, but it doesn't run. I have redirected the cron
> output to a log file but the log file isn't being written to at all.
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated

The crontab file MUST end with a newline character; does yours?

hi,

I have added a newline character and restarted crond but cron jobs are
still not running

help!

eddiec :-)

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:04:47 -0800, pc wrote:

> hi,
> 
> I have added a newline character and restarted crond but cron jobs are
> still not running
> 
> help!
> 
> eddiec :-)


You really need to be more specific
Is your crontab pointing to a directory containing cron jobs
Are the cron jobs in the correct format (shell scripts and not .sh)
Are your permissions set correctly
what is cron telling you in the logs?
(/var/log/syslog might be a good place to start looking)
and finally
have you read the man page for your system :-)

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On 18 Dec 2005 20:37:03 -0800, pc 
  <chalk@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> we have a linux box (fedora core 1) which does not execute cron jobs.
> If I do a ps I get:
> [root@server root]# ps -ef | grep cron
> root      4165     1  0 15:19 ?        00:00:00 crond
> so it seems cron is running.
>
> When I add a job to cron it says:
> [root@server root]# crontab -e
> ......type in crontab job......
> crontab: installing new crontab
>
> so the job is added, but it doesn't run. I have redirected the cron
> output to a log file but the log file isn't being written to at all.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated
>
Does your crontab job depend on PATH or other environment variables?  
Does it contain any % signs?
Are you sure cron doesn't execute your job at the designated time in UTC 
rather than local time?


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On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, pc wrote:

> When I add a job to cron it says:
> [root@server root]# crontab -e
> ......type in crontab job......
> crontab: installing new crontab

Post your crontab file.

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hi everyone,

thank you very much for the feedback. the problem was the $PATH set in
/etc/crontab was insufficient so cron wasn't finding the script and /
or dependencies that I wanted to run. I specified the full path to the
script in crontab and fixed the $PATH in /etc/crontab and all is now
well.

TY

eddiec :-)