Re: [tlug] scripts not running in cron.hourly, etc.

[Keith Bawden <isdj@example.com>]

On 2006/09/24, at 16:11, Charles Muller wrote:

> I have recently tried experimenting with running administrative  
> scripts
> from cron.daily and cron.hourly instead of my regular cron file  
> (crontab
> -e). But the scripts I put into these folders don't seem to run.

Hello,

Do you have entries similar to these in you /etc/crontab file?

17 *  * * * root    run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
25 6  * * * root  test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report / 
etc/cron.daily
47 6  * * 7 root  test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report / 
etc/cron.weekly
52 6  1 * * root  test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report / 
etc/cron.monthly

Without these entries the scripts in those directories will not run.

Regards, Keith