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From: dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Cron problems
Message-ID: <201798@hrc.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 91 23:32:18 GMT
Organization: Handwriting Research Corp. - Phoenix, AZ
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[note: posted for a friend. -- dan]

I am currently using an IBC XLA 80486 based system running SCO/IBC Xenix 2.3.2,
and am having problems with cron - it refuses to start each day's jobs 
automatically. I am currently having to do an "at" command each morning to get 
cron to recognize the fact that it has queued jobs, after which cron will 
continue to work the rest of the day. If this is not done, no cron jobs will 
be performed. Why? I've checked to make sure that the cron process itself is 
still resident within the system, and it is, with a PID of 27. This indicates 
to me that cron isn't dying and regenerating. I've also run a log on cron 
activities, and there is nothing peculiar; all normal. How can I get cron to 
work each day without giving it a kickstart?

Mike Duppong
ITC Information Systems
181 Blue Lakes Blvd. N.
Twin Falls, ID 83301
208-734-1300
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Dan Troxel @ Handwriting Research Corporation                  WK 1-602-957-8870
Camelback Corporate Center  2821 E. Camelback Road  Suite 600  Phoenix, AZ 85016
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