Re: crontab doesn't work
On Friday 24 March 2006 21:52, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > 3. Reasoning: It appears that you have modified /etc/crontab. > In BSD-land, you usually want to use the "root" crontab (which > is under /var/cron/tabs/root) or your personal account > crontab (/var/cron/tabs/username) to do cron work. What's wrong with the system crontab? One of the entries runs as squid, so it seems sensible to do it the way he has done it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: crontab doesn't work
Rodrigo G. Tavares de Souza wrote: Hi, Do I have to start something to crontab works? configuration file: # MINHOUR DAY/MONTH MONTH DAY/WEEK USERCOMMAND 59 23 *** root "/usr/local/etc/sarg/make-report" 0 0 **0 squid "/usr/local/etc/sbin/squid -k rotate" It should generate a report every day, and clear the log file every week, but it isn't hapaning! What do I suppose to do? Best regards Rodrigo Souza Analista Programador Sao Paulo - Brazil Hello, Rodrigo 1. Is cron running now? Can you find any mention of cron in your logs (esp /var/run/dmesg/boot)? Does it get mentioned in the boot process (watch the screen)... cron should be started by init(8) as part of the rc(8) process (the last of the boot stage, prior to going multi-user). 2. Just out of curiousity and a desire to help, what's the path to the "configuration file" above? :) 3. Reasoning: It appears that you have modified /etc/crontab. In BSD-land, you usually want to use the "root" crontab (which is under /var/cron/tabs/root) or your personal account crontab (/var/cron/tabs/username) to do cron work. However, you don't want to edit this file directly. Make sure $EDITOR is set to your favorite text editor and run "crontab -e" to set up your crontab. Exit the editor, and crontab(1) will put the file in place for you. Incidentally, this may be the cause of your problem entirely. (See the FAQ, 10.3, 'Why do I get messages like "root: not found" after editing my crontab file?'). 4. I'm sure you're aware of cron's limited $PATH and other limitations. Make sure your scripts are executable and "shebanged", or else call them with the appropriate shell interpreter's full pathname, e.g. (/bin/sh ~/scripts/mybackup.sh). HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- WARNING TO ALL PERSONNEL: Firings will continue until morale improves. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: crontab doesn't work
Rodrigo G. Tavares de Souza wrote: Hi, Do I have to start something to crontab works? configuration file: # MINHOUR DAY/MONTH MONTH DAY/WEEK USERCOMMAND 59 23 *** root "/usr/local/etc/sarg/make-report" 0 0 **0 squid "/usr/local/etc/sbin/squid -k rotate" Is your machine in fact on at the specified times? Did you use crontab(1) to edit and install the crontab file? It should generate a report every day, and clear the log file every week, but it isn't hapaning! What do I suppose to do? Best regards Rodrigo Souza Analista Programador Sao Paulo - Brazil ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Regards, Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: crontab doesn't work
Rodrigo G. Tavares de Souza wrote: Hi, Do I have to start something to crontab works? configuration file: # MINHOUR DAY/MONTH MONTH DAY/WEEK USERCOMMAND 59 23 *** root "/usr/local/etc/sarg/make-report" 0 0 **0 squid "/usr/local/etc/sbin/squid -k rotate" It should generate a report every day, and clear the log file every week, but it isn't hapaning! What do I suppose to do? Hello, I checked my crontabs and I don't have double quotes around the path/script name. You could try to remove them. Do the scripts work if you run them from the command line? To check if cron is running, issue this command: ps auwx | grep cron The output should look something like this: root 421 0.0 0.2 1312 896 ?? Is8Mar06 0:05.41 /usr/sbin/cron -s If cron isn't running, try this: /etc/rc.d/cron start Hope this helps, Demian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
crontab doesn't work
Hi, Do I have to start something to crontab works? configuration file: # MINHOUR DAY/MONTH MONTH DAY/WEEK USERCOMMAND 59 23 *** root "/usr/local/etc/sarg/make-report" 0 0 **0 squid "/usr/local/etc/sbin/squid -k rotate" It should generate a report every day, and clear the log file every week, but it isn't hapaning! What do I suppose to do? Best regards Rodrigo Souza Analista Programador Sao Paulo - Brazil ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
