$ps xea | grep crond Will show you if the cron process is running or not....
-rje VB> Hello to everyone... VB> Red Hat 6.2 VB> How do I find out what is wrong with cron? From January 15th until today VB> cron is not working... My (oracle's) crontab file HAS not changed... VB> So I went to the /var/log/cron file. Last activity was on January 15th. VB> Since then no activity has been recorderd. VB> If I issue "crontab <my crontab file>" and afterwards "crontab -l", there VB> are lines VB> oracle (02/04-11:37:14-7686) REPLACE (oracle) VB> oracle (02/04-11:37:17-7690) LIST (oracle) VB> My job was scheduled on 11:40, however job wasn't executed. VB> How do I see whether cron is running or not? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Robert Eskridge 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).