Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:04:58 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.magicnet.net> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cron does not work! Message-ID: <199901261504.KAA18791@bilver.magicnet.net> In-Reply-To: <199901261316.VAA10517@dns.hgs.com.cn> from xiyuan qian at "Jan 26, 99 09:16:33 pm"
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xiyuan qian recently said: > Hi, my cron daemon suddenly does not work. I checked the processes > and found that the cron daemon was running. But it do not run the > /etc/crontab. > My crontab file is as followings: > > # /etc/crontab - root's crontab for FreeBSD > # > # $Id: crontab,v 1.13 1996/01/06 22:21:37 ache Exp $ > # From: Id: crontab,v 1.6 1993/05/31 02:03:57 cgd Exp > # >From my crontab -l I see this. : # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.AYIlQX4391 installed on Mon Jan 4 10:52:46 1999) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.6.2.3 1998/03/09 11:42:00 jkh Exp $) #set up environment variables # You'll notice the version is much later, and it is in /var/cron/tabs. cron says it is supposed to run /etc/crontab if the mod time was changed, but I've always just run the daily/weekly/monthly thingies from /etc/crontab and everything else goes in the named crontabs. Try the crontab -e and see what happens. Bill -- bill@bilver.magicnet.net | bv@wjv.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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