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Special Forums UNIX and Linux Applications Execution Problems with Cron Post 302506796 by matrixmadhan on Tuesday 22nd of March 2011 02:32:59 AM
Old 03-22-2011
Please check for cron daemon logs first.
Since you are saying it starts and runs at some arbitrary time which should not happen, try appending the timestamp in the output file when the script is triggered by the cron dameon, that should nail down the problem to an extent.
 

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