My crontab is as follows 01 * * * * /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 1 * * * /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily 20 1 * * 0 /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 40 1 1 * * /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.monthly tasks in the cron.daily run at 1:02 and 4:00am tasks in cron.weekly run at 1:20 and 4:00am what is running the tasks a second time? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <steve@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 8:13 PM Subject: Re: Cron runs twice a day? > > I think you may need to describe what you are doing a little more. > > Cron as a process runs at bootup time and stays running while your PC is > powered up (unless of course it crashes :-) ) > > It then wakes up every minute and checks the crontab (/etc/crontab) and > the files in /var/spool/cron (system dependant) to see if it should do > anything. > > As such your question doesnt really make any sense as cron is constantly > running.. > > -- > Steve. > > On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Ian Dobson wrote: > > > I'm not sure if it is cron, but it seems to run twice a day, once at the > > propper time and once about 3 hours later, I've noticed it for cron.daily > > and cron.weekly. > > any ideas where to look? > > > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
