strange cron ????

[ashley maher]

Thanks,

That gives me something to test.

Regards,

Ashley

On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 00:35 -0400, Kirtis Bakalarczyk wrote:
> On 9/11/05, ashley maher <ashley.maher at didymodesigns.com.au> wrote:
> > I've ported an application from another linux distro to Ubuntu.
> > 
> > I have some "housekeeping" perl scripts that I normally just drop
> > into /etc/cron.daily to be run every 24 hours (I don't care when just so
> > long as they are run every 24 hours)
> > 
> Cron scripts in that directory are run by run-parts, there are some
> naming conventions that need to be followed in order for them to run. 
> See man run-parts for the format.  I usually put my scripts in
> /usr/local/scripts and link to them in /etc/cron.whatever with the
> correct naming scheme.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> KIRT
> 
> 
> > It is now obviouse these scripts are not being run at all.
> > 
> > Looking at the logs cron daily is being run.
> > 
> > The scrips owners and permissions match other scripts
> > in /etc/cron.daily.
> > 
> > They are perl rather than bash (the only difference I can see).
> > 
> > It appears other scripts in the directory are being run.
> > 
> > If I:
> > 
> > 
> > sudo /etc/cron.daily/repair_web.pl
> > 
> > then the scripts run perfectly (so it is not some inconsistency there).
> > 
> > I have run out of ideas to test. Any, and I do mean any, suggestions
> > great fully received.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Ashley
> > 
> > 
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