On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 08:19 -0500, Robert Locke wrote: > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 06:27 -0500, James Pifer wrote: > > > A very quick test of cron. Put this line in /etc/crontab > > > > > > * * * * * root touch /root/crontest ; echo "crontest updated" > > > > > > Then look at the file to see the date//time stamp > > > ls -l /root/crontest > > > > > > If cron is doing it's job the time stamp should get updated once per > > > minute so it should stay current on date/time forever (until you remove > > > the entry from /etc/crontab) You also should get an email to root once > > > a minute with the echoed message. > > > > > > Note, you will want to remove that line from crontab very soon. > > > > > > > Jeff, > > > > I get nothing. No /root/crontest file created and no messages in root's > > mailbox. > > > > My crontab now looks like: > > [root@mythtv ~]# cat /etc/crontab > > SHELL=/bin/bash > > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > > MAILTO=root > > HOME=/ > > > > # run-parts > > 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly > > 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily > > 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly > > 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly > > * * * * * root touch /root/crontest ; echo "crontest updated" > > > > Should I reinstall cron? > > Pardon for jumping in here, but have you restarted crond since you made > the change to /etc/crontab? I am not sure if crond is going to > automagically notice a change to the file or not.... So, to restart the > cron daemon, you could do either a "service crond restart" or a "service > crond reload". > > HTH, > Cron is one of the few daemons that does not require restart when the config file (crontab) is changed. > --Rob >
