About two hours ago I posted a question on this list about my cron
demon dying. The response was overwhelming! Thank you all very
much: the problem is solved.
I asked (sorry, I mixed up the actual demon 'cron' and the command
file 'crontab') the following and got the answers:
- Are there obvious reasons for crontab to die?
The dump command is causing the problem. If it dies for some
reason it takes dump with it. There is a patch available.
- How can I check whether crontab is running or not?
% ps -e | grep cron
- How can I restart crontab without rebooting the system?
% /sbin/init.d.cron start
Thanks again. You all have been very helpful,
Rob
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Rob van Strien
Instituut voor Nederlandse Lexicologie, Leiden, NL
rob_at_rulxho.leidenuniv.nl
Received on Mon Apr 15 1996 - 13:10:08 NZST