On certain platforms, Cron quitely fails when there is a error. Eyeball your crontab file and make a small change - insert and delete a blank line - to kick start it. Also check the daemon as others have indicated.
John Kanagaraj Oracle Applications DBA DBSoft Inc (W): 408-970-7002 What would you see if you were allowed to look back at your life at the end of your journey in this earth? ** The opinions and statements above are entirely my own and not those of my employer or clients ** > -----Original Message----- > From: Vladimir Barac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 2:59 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: John Kanagaraj 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).
