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# 1  
Old 04-11-2012
Crontab do not run on PM hours
Hi All

I have a problem, I wonder if you can help me sort it out:

I have the following entry in the cron:
Code:
00 1,13 * * * /home/report/opn_amt_gestores_credito.ksh > opn_amt_gestores_credito.log

But the entry only runs at
Code:
01:07

I have stopped the cron deamon, and started, but it still does not work.
Can you help figure it out what is wrong with it?

FR
# 2  
Old 04-11-2012
The cron as posted will run at 01:00 and 13:00 .
What times do you want it to run at?
# 3  
Old 04-11-2012
I want them to run at 01:00AM and 13:00PM

FR
# 4  
Old 04-11-2012
Do you find the log? There is no absolute path to the log file opn_amt_gestores_credito.log so if this is a root cron the log will be created in the root directory.

Also look in /var/adm/cron/log to see if the cron ran. Look in unix mail for the owner of the crontab to see if the job produced any error output.

Is this a root cron ?
# 5  
Old 04-11-2012
the log file is in
Code:
/home/report

directory. its not a root cron, and in /var/adm/cron/log there is no entry of any error regarding that entry.
Last edited by methyl; 04-11-2012 at 07:55 PM..
# 6  
Old 04-11-2012
Looking in /var/adm/cron/log, did the cron job run? Did it give a non-zero rc=? response?

Have you looked in /var/mail/<owner> for error messages?

Big question: Did you use crontab -e <user> or some other method to edit the relevant crontab file?
# 7  
Old 04-12-2012
the one at
Code:
 CMD: /home/report/opn_amt_gestores_credito.ksh > opn_amt_gestores_credito.log
>  report 908 c Thu Apr 12 01:00:00 SAST 2012

runned successfully. It is in
Code:
/var/adm/cron/log

file.
There is no
Code:
/var/mail/report

file in which report is the owner.

And yes I use
Code:
crontab -e report

to edit the crontab
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