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# 1  
Old 03-11-2002
Question cron fail to run
Hi,
Does anyone know why the cron job fail to run automatically ?
We have the problem with some Solaris 2.5.1 Machine !
The cron seemd to fail to submit the jobs defined at the defined time !!
Why ?
Sometime it runs OK,but sometime it fail .
We are very sure the problem is due to cron no ok,because other machines with the same cronjobs
run well !!
# 2  
Old 03-11-2002
Hard to help you without at least seeing your file.

(The amount of help you will get from the unix community will directly depend on how much information you provide in your questions).

Are you specifying the command as a just a command or the fully qualified pathname ? If not, I would suggest that you specify the full command path including /usr/.... whatever.

Also try running it on the command line yourself manually when you think it did not run.

What makes you think that it is running or not running sometimes ?
# 3  
Old 03-11-2002
Quote:
Originally posted by #1freebsddude
Hard to help you without at least seeing your file.

(The amount of help you will get from the unix community will directly depend on how much information you provide in your questions).

Are you specifying the command as a just a command or the fully qualified pathname ? If not, I would suggest that you specify the full command path including /usr/.... whatever.

Also try running it on the command line yourself manually when you think it did not run.

What makes you think that it is running or not running sometimes ?
Hi,
Thanks for quick reply !!
" What makes you think that it is running or not running sometimes ? "
The full crontable fail sometimes,but usually it runs OK !!
# 4  
Old 03-11-2002
Might you post your crontab listing (crontab -l) to allow us a better view?
# 5  
Old 03-11-2002
Quote:
Originally posted by Cameron
Might you post your crontab listing (crontab -l) to allow us a better view?
HI,

hp93k_3(asx)[home/asx]% crontab -l
#Kerwin Update
3,18,33,48 * * * * /home/asx/bin/auto_send_hp93k.sh
# 6  
Old 03-11-2002
Try the following to get more detail...

3,18,33,48 * * * * /home/asx/bin/auto_send_hp93k.sh 2> /home/asx/autosenderror.log

This will output any (if any) error messages to the log file.
Last edited by Cameron; 03-11-2002 at 03:02 AM..
# 7  
Old 03-11-2002
Some possibilities:

1. Running out of disk space
2. Running out of max processes
3. Someone tweaking the file or removing jobs, etc. changing stuff without your knowledge
4. Full moon Smilie

I think log dump suggestion by Cameron should give you better clues!
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