On Saturday 07 Dec 2002 2:10 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I have the following /etc/crontab > [root@localhost lvgandhi]# cat /etc/crontab > SHELL=/bin/bash > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > MAILTO=root > HOME=/ > > # run-parts > 01 * * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly > 02 4 * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.daily > 22 4 * * 0 root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.weekly > 42 4 1 * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.monthly > But for hourly cron, rest are not working now. In my previous installation > mandrake 9, with same crontab, all used to work irrespective whether PC was > on at 4:40 am or not. What can be the problem.
Perhaps like me you do not have the anacron RPM installed? It seems as if anacron is no longer installed by default. Anacron will run any job that cron is late running (because the computer was switched off at the time) HTH derek
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