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From: fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: XENIX 2.3.2 and cron
Summary: Well, here is the answer
Keywords: cron 2.3.2 hangs
Message-ID: <110@ssc.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jul 89 00:03:45 GMT
References: <104@ssc.UUCP> <1989Jul14.142929.22430@berner.uucp>
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Organization: SSC, Inc., Seattle, WA
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In article <1989Jul14.142929.22430@berner.uucp>, richard@berner.uucp (r) writes:
> In article <104@ssc.UUCP> fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) writes:
> >On a XENIX 386 Release 2.3.2 system we have a situation where
> >the cron process is started but it never executes.  If you kill it
> >and start another one, all is well.
> 
> I have had that same problem here on our 2.3.2 machine as well ever
...

I suppose if I post the question I should also post the answer.
We moved /usr/spool to a mountable filesystem.  Cron is started in
/etc/rc.d/2/ and file systems are mounted in /etc/rc.d/3/
And, of course, cron mucks with this /usr/spool/cron.



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