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Old 02-23-2011
informix cron did not run for a certain time
currently i have this cron on my informix db

00 00,01,03,06,08,09,10,11,12,13,14,16,18,19,20,21,22,23 * * * . /informix/script.sh

it was working until last february22, the last run was 1:00AM. It was suppose to run 3:00, 6:00, so on..

last night we restarted it and for some reason the cron job work and run as it should. I checked var/adm/cron/log- and it really shows that it was not executed. The script should create a file called file1 .

any ideas?
# 2  
Old 02-23-2011
There is a possibility that you crashed cron by overloading the environment.
By invoking a script with the dot "." command it executes within the envronment of the current Shell which in this case is cron itself.

Imho:
Quote:
. /informix/script.sh
Should be:
Code:
/informix/script.sh

For future posts, please state what Operating System you are running and what Shell. Also if a script is failing, please post the contents of the script.

When looking in /var/adm/cron/log did you search for "script.sh" or something else? Also if your system has routine maintenace on the cron log, check the first couple of lines to see when the log started.
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Old 02-23-2011
solaris10
yes, i saw the script.sh however from 3am onwards there was none. it only started to run again after 12 hours after we restarted informix (since we saw blocked status). then the cron worked again as it should

don't know where to check now.

---------- Post updated at 09:53 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:04 PM ----------

this is now ok.found the cause. thanks a lot
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