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From: Peter Ruskin <Peter.Ruskin@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 21:52:30
Message-Id: 200509212247.30717.Peter.Ruskin@dsl.pipex.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs by John Jolet
1 On Wednesday 21 September 2005 22:15, John Jolet wrote:
2 > On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 17:11 -0400, Matt Randolph wrote:
3 > > I have a script in /etc/cron.daily that never runs. It works
4 > > properly when run manually and it's been in there for weeks
5 > > (and a reboot or two).
6 > >
7 > > I'm using vixie-cron.
8 >
9 > cron.daily doesn't get run from cron. gets run out of
10 > anacron....do you have anacron installed?
11
12 Not true, cron.daily runs from vixie-cron.
13
14 /etc/crontab should contain:
15 # check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly and
16 cron.monthly
17 0 * * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
18 0 1 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily
19 15 0 * * 6 root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly
20 30 0 1 * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly
21 */10 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons
22 && /usr/sbin/run-crons
23
24 --
25 Peter
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Re: [gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs John Jolet <john@×××××.net>