Peter Warasin wrote: > hi > > Daniel Mota Leite (Higuita) wrote: > >> i found that my cron is locking up from time to time... >> after some search i found that sometimes freshclam locks up when updating >> and the fcron doesnt continue until the process is killed >> > > uhm. this may be a general problem, if cronscripts may block, since > run-parts blocks on each script and starts the next script only if the > actual exits. the other ones will be delayed.. if freshclam hangs, all > scripts will be delayed. and on the next cron-turn it will not be > started anymore since it is already running. :/ > > however, i tested with vixie cron on ubuntu, it's the same behaviour. i > assume it's normal. tought about putting each cron script in background, > but that maybe let us run into other problems (?) > >
I've never noticed this. Where is run-parts coming from? I notice on a Redhat System run-parts is a shell script with this comment right at the top # run-parts - concept taken from Debian # keep going when something fails set +e I've never had a problem with items in cron.* blocking other cronjobs. That obviously is a problem. Anyone want to try swapping the run-parts from debianutils for a stock RedHat shell script? -Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Efw-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user
