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From: paulz@sco.COM (W. Paul Zola)
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Subject: Re: Multiple cron executions under XENIX 2.3.3.
Summary: try running something once an hour
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Date: 5 Feb 91 03:10:51 GMT
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In article <91022.084230NU013809@NDSUVM1.BITNET> NU013809@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Greg Wettstein) writes:

[ problems with cron(C) executing jobs twice deleted ]

I'm posting this since I thought this might be of general interest.  I'd
suggest putting the following line in root's crontabs file
(/usr/spool/cron/crontabs/root), and then re-starting cron(C).

      1 * * * * /bin/true

This will force cron(C) to run a job once every hour, and should resolve
any scheduling problems you might have.  You might also try installing
the Support Level Supplement (SLS) xnx155, which contains a new version
of cron(C).

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