STUPID ME!!! I have spent hours looking for bugs, issues, looking at files.... not seeing the syntax error "0/5"...
Sorry for the noise... Olivier Le 4/12/12 1:52 PM, Olivier Sallou a écrit : > Hi, > I have added a cron task to my package via the package xxx.cron file. (I > am using sid) > > However, it never gets executed.... (not exactly true, it happened to > occur once...) > > In my syslog file I can see: > Apr 12 13:04:01 VM-247 /usr/sbin/cron[2999]: (*system*xgrid) RELOAD > (/etc/cron.d/xgrid) > Apr 12 13:10:01 VM-247 /usr/sbin/cron[2999]: (*system*xgrid) RELOAD > (/etc/cron.d/xgrid) > Apr 12 13:17:01 VM-247 /USR/SBIN/CRON[3384]: (root) CMD ( cd / && > run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) > Apr 12 13:20:01 VM-247 /usr/sbin/cron[2999]: (*system*xgrid) RELOAD > (/etc/cron.d/xgrid) > Apr 12 13:24:01 VM-247 /usr/sbin/cron[2999]: (*system*xgrid) RELOAD > (/etc/cron.d/xgrid) > Apr 12 13:29:48 VM-247 /usr/sbin/cron[3478]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3) > Apr 12 13:29:48 VM-247 /usr/sbin/cron[3479]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok) > Apr 12 13:29:48 VM-247 /usr/sbin/cron[3479]: (CRON) INFO (Skipping > @reboot jobs -- not system startup) > Apr 12 13:46:01 VM-247 /usr/sbin/cron[3479]: (*system*xgrid) RELOAD > (/etc/cron.d/xgrid) > > My cron file /etc/cron.d/xgrid is correctly loaded ( I tried to update > it several times to force reload). > I even tried to reboot cron service (last lines). > But it never gets executed.... > > Here is my cron file: > root@VM-247:# more /etc/cron.d/xgrid > 0/5 * * * * root xgrid-graph >/dev/null 2>&1 > > I added a blank line after my cron definition (or a comment line) as I > have seen there were issues with issues (don(t know if it is still true). > > If I execute the command manually it works fine. And anyway, error > should appear in syslog. > > > could someone tell me if I did something wrong or if it is a cron issue.... > > thanks > > Olivier > -- Olivier Sallou IRISA / University of Rennes 1 Campus de Beaulieu, 35000 RENNES - FRANCE Tel: 02.99.84.71.95 gpg key id: 4096R/326D8438 (keyring.debian.org) Key fingerprint = 5FB4 6F83 D3B9 5204 6335 D26D 78DC 68DB 326D 8438 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f86c52b.1060...@irisa.fr
