Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!netsys!ziggy!john
From: john@ziggy.UUCP (John Mullins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: cron and DST
Summary: You are not alone
Keywords: cron time change
Message-ID: <112@ziggy.UUCP>
Date: 5 Nov 88 18:13:14 GMT
References: <6896@chinet.chi.il.us>
Reply-To: john@ziggy.UUCP (John Mullins)
Distribution: na
Organization: Un*x Link,Frederick Md.
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In article <6896@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
>Our 3B2's running sysVr3.1 ran all the crontab entries twice after
>the change from DST.  I kind of expected that for the entries between
>1 and 2 AM, but the subsequent entries also ran twice.  Is this
>normal?  Is it fixed in SysVr3?  I lost an important log file when
>the end of the month happened twice.
>
>Les Mikesell


This is "normal" for AT&T sysVr3.1 . It also happens on other version
of AT&T Un*x.  I realy have no idea what happens in the spring when the
system goes from STD to DST.  As I'm sure you know, killing cron with
the -15 option and then restarting it will get cron back to a sane state.

I thought about calling the support line on this little problem, but
since it only happens once a year - why take the chance on installing some
update they may send.

--
John Mullins
frederick, Md.