On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 10:24 +0000, Chris G wrote: > If I do a 'ps -ef' on my system I see the following:- > > root 17343 1 0 04:02 ? 00:00:00 crond > root 17344 17343 0 04:02 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily > root 18023 17344 0 05:05 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily > > > Why does '/bin/bash /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily' appear to be > spawning a copy of itself just over an hour after it started? I have > looked at the /usr/bin/run-parts script and I really can't see a > reason why it should do this unless one of the scripts in /etc/cron.daily > is doing something wierd and I have only added a very simple backup > script there. > > Oh, this is on Fedora 7 by the way. > > > ... and yes, it is a problem, the rsync backups were tripping over > themselves. > Hi Chris, Look at anacron. Specifically, /etc/anacrontab. --Rob
