it's a user cron. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Jeff Hubbs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhubbslist@att.net">jhubbslist@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
If this is going into /etc/crontab as opposed to a user's own crontab<br>
(including root's), there needs to be a username specced before the path.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> 2 8 * * * /home/user/bin/scriptname<br>
><br>
> same incarnation works with a different script in the same directory<br>
> but has no database work to do.<br>
><br>
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><br>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:00 PM, JK <<a href="mailto:jknapka@kneuro.net">jknapka@kneuro.net</a><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jknapka@kneuro.net">jknapka@kneuro.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Post the crontab line, please?<br>
><br>
> On 12/16/2009 4:49 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> > script runs all hunky-dorey in userland.<br>
> ><br>
> > so time to put it into cron. To cover my bases for inferior cron<br>
> > environemnt, the first thing the script does is .<br>
> ~/.bash_profile which<br>
> > in turn runs ~/.bash_rc which runs /etc/bashrc<br>
> ><br>
> > So it now looks just like a login env.<br>
> ><br>
> > maybe...<br>
> ><br>
> > Except somehow it now spawns _2_ copies of the running process<br>
> and the<br>
> > race is on! <insert appropriate swearing here><br>
> ><br>
> > Since it's highly sequence dependent data processing and database<br>
> > insertion and database processing, multiple out of order steps<br>
> is very,<br>
> > VERY bad.<br>
> ><br>
> > Solution: make the first line a -f test for a pid file and exit<br>
> if it<br>
> > exists. The second line writes the pid file. Shouldn't have to<br>
> do this...<br>
> ><br>
> > Still totally stumped on the multiple simultaneous processes.<br>
> ><br>
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