There should be a cron daemon running. ps -ef|grep -i cron should give you a clear answer whether it is running or not. Try restarting it. On RH 8.0 (the current version) the restart command would be something like "/etc/init.d/crond restart". You can check the scripts in /etc/init.d
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vladimir Barac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:59 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: OT: Cron not working > > > Hello to everyone... > > Red Hat 6.2 > > How do I find out what is wrong with cron? From January 15th > until today > cron is not working... My (oracle's) crontab file HAS not changed... > > So I went to the /var/log/cron file. Last activity was on > January 15th. > Since then no activity has been recorderd. > > If I issue "crontab <my crontab file>" and afterwards > "crontab -l", there > are lines > > oracle (02/04-11:37:14-7686) REPLACE (oracle) > oracle (02/04-11:37:17-7690) LIST (oracle) > > My job was scheduled on 11:40, however job wasn't executed. > > How do I see whether cron is running or not? > > Thanks > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Vladimir Barac > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Gogala, Mladen INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
