UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am trying to schedule a new job but I get

# cron
# ! cron is already running Mon Jul 11 08:28:51 WAT 2005
! ******* CRON ABORTED ******** Mon Jul 11 08:28:51 WAT 2005

I tried the -l and -e switches but I get the same message

I am using HP-UX

Thanks.

I think you want the crontab command. cron normally gets run once as the system boots.

Exactly - use crontab.

Cron creates a fifo that exists during the entire execution period of the cron daemon - if you try to execute cron subsequently it'll check for the existence of this file and then abort if it finds it - i.e. if cron is already running.

As a side note to others - always use the correct script (i.e. /etc/init.d/cron start or whatever) when starting cron, if that's what you want to do.

Cheers
ZB

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