Re: Cron runs twice a day?

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Is there anything in your /etc/cron.d directory?

James

>  My crontab is as follows
> 01 * * * * /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> 02 1 * * * /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> 20 1 * *  /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?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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