Re: [gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs
Dave Nebinger wrote: Also, check that the environment in the cron script is correct. It does not execute with the environment that you sit down at a terminal with, in particular $PATH. Another tip RE: environment variables cron, if you submit the job via at (sys-process/at), it will create an executable script in /var/spool/at/atjobs for running your submitted job, but the script includes the environment values from the session used to submit the job. So after submission via at, you can take the atjob file, copy it to your /etc/cron.* directory and you'll have everything you need regarding environment. Dave Thank you for the suggestion. I'll have to experiment with this. Matt -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs
Renat Golubchyk wrote:
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:15:04 -0500 John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 17:11 -0400, Matt Randolph wrote:
I have a script in /etc/cron.daily that never runs. It works
properly when run manually and it's been in there for weeks (and a
reboot or two).
I'm using vixie-cron.
Is the executable bit set? Otherwise run chmod u+x scriptname.
cron.daily doesn't get run from cron. gets run out of anacrondo
you have anacron installed?
That's wrong. I don't have anacron installed, I have plain vixie-cron,
and cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly} gets run from cron. Here are the
relevant lines from /etc/crontab:
# check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly and cron.monthly
0* * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
30 6 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily
15 7 * * 6 root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly
08 1 * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly
*/10 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons /usr/sbin/run-crons
Cheers,
Renat
Thanks to everyone for their replies, but especially to Renat, Peter and
Willie. Looking again, I saw that the line pertaining to run-crons was
commented out. Perhaps it's time for me to increase the size of my
console font. ;-)
Matt
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[gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs
I have a script in /etc/cron.daily that never runs. It works properly when run manually and it's been in there for weeks (and a reboot or two). I'm using vixie-cron. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Matt -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 17:11 -0400, Matt Randolph wrote: I have a script in /etc/cron.daily that never runs. It works properly when run manually and it's been in there for weeks (and a reboot or two). I'm using vixie-cron. cron.daily doesn't get run from cron. gets run out of anacrondo you have anacron installed? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:15:04 -0500 John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 17:11 -0400, Matt Randolph wrote:
I have a script in /etc/cron.daily that never runs. It works
properly when run manually and it's been in there for weeks (and a
reboot or two).
I'm using vixie-cron.
Is the executable bit set? Otherwise run chmod u+x scriptname.
cron.daily doesn't get run from cron. gets run out of anacrondo
you have anacron installed?
That's wrong. I don't have anacron installed, I have plain vixie-cron,
and cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly} gets run from cron. Here are the
relevant lines from /etc/crontab:
# check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly and cron.monthly
0* * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
30 6 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily
15 7 * * 6 root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly
08 1 * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly
*/10 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons /usr/sbin/run-crons
Cheers,
Renat
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Re: [gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 22:47 +0100, Peter Ruskin wrote: On Wednesday 21 September 2005 22:15, John Jolet wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 17:11 -0400, Matt Randolph wrote: I have a script in /etc/cron.daily that never runs. It works properly when run manually and it's been in there for weeks (and a reboot or two). I'm using vixie-cron. cron.daily doesn't get run from cron. gets run out of anacrondo you have anacron installed? Not true, cron.daily runs from vixie-cron. Obviously, I stand corrected. Leftover redhat instincts :) /etc/crontab should contain: # check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly and cron.monthly 0 * * * * rootrm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly 0 1 * * * rootrm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily 15 0 * * 6 rootrm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly 30 0 1 * * rootrm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly */10 * * * *roottest -x /usr/sbin/run-crons /usr/sbin/run-crons -- Peter Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.0.51.22-r2. kernel-2.6.13-gentoo-r1. i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+. gcc(GCC): 3.3.5-20050130. KDE: 3.4.2. Qt: 3.3.4. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:11:33 -0400, Matt Randolph wrote: I have a script in /etc/cron.daily that never runs. It works properly when run manually and it's been in there for weeks (and a reboot or two). Does it not run or run and not do anything? The latter can be a path problem, as the cron tasks are not run with the same environment as your shell. If in doubt, do source /etc/profile at the start of the script. As someone else said, make sure you chmod +x the script too. -- Neil Bothwick MS-DOS: if you believe in a flat Earth, this is the OS for you. pgpvNuJtk9Yr0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs
On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 04:15:04PM -0500, John Jolet wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 17:11 -0400, Matt Randolph wrote: I have a script in /etc/cron.daily that never runs. It works properly when run manually and it's been in there for weeks (and a reboot or two). I'm using vixie-cron. cron.daily doesn't get run from cron. gets run out of anacrondo you have anacron installed? I am not quite sure that is correct. I run vixie-cron on my desktop machine, and /etc/crontab, which vixie-cron respects, has by default the following in it: snip of /etc/crontab # check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly and # cron.monthly 0 * * * * rootrm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly 1 3 * * * rootrm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily 15 4 * * 6 rootrm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly 30 5 1 * * rootrm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly */10 * * * * roottest -x /usr/sbin/run-crons /usr/sbin/run-crons end snip and if you read /usr/sbin/run-crons (just a shell script) you'd see that it runs the jobs in /etc/cron.$BASE Now, it could be quite possible that the OPs system doesn't have such in /etc/crontab, or it could be missing /usr/sbin/run-crons, in which case the cron.* directory will not get executed. But AFAIK, a default gentoo installation of vixie-cron should respect the /etc/cron.* W -- Optical mice are considered eunuchs hardware because they lack balls. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 41 days, 1:10 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs
I have a script in /etc/cron.daily that never runs. It works properly when run manually and it's been in there for weeks (and a reboot or two). I'm using vixie-cron. cron.daily doesn't get run from cron. gets run out of anacrondo you have anacron installed? Sorry, John, that's not quite right. Vixie cron should handle the /etc/cron.* directories automatically. Fcron, what I'm using, does not and requires additions to root's crontab to get them to work. To the OP, is a) vixie cron actually running, b) the scripts in the directories have the execution permissions, and c) any output in the log files indicating why vixie cron might not be executing them? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] script in /etc/cron.daily never runs
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:15:35 -0400 Dave Nebinger wrote: I have a script in /etc/cron.daily that never runs. It works properly when run manually and it's been in there for weeks (and a reboot or two). I'm using vixie-cron. cron.daily doesn't get run from cron. gets run out of anacrondo you have anacron installed? Sorry, John, that's not quite right. Vixie cron should handle the /etc/cron.* directories automatically. Fcron, what I'm using, does not and requires additions to root's crontab to get them to work. To the OP, is a) vixie cron actually running, b) the scripts in the directories have the execution permissions, and c) any output in the log files indicating why vixie cron might not be executing them? Also, check that the environment in the cron script is correct. It does not execute with the environment that you sit down at a terminal with, in particular $PATH. The easiest way is to use the complete path to executables in the file, like /bin/mail instead of mail -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
