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solamour
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 Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 5:47 pm Post subject: [Solved] Cron runs 2 times |
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I put a few scripts in "/etc/cron.daily/", so that they run every day.
| Code: | /etc/crontab
59 * * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
9 3 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily
19 4 * * 6 root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly
29 5 1 * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly
*/10 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons
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The scripts run fine, but they are executed one more time a little later. For example, "/etc/cron.daily/b.py" ran at 03:10:12 and 03:37:40. Here are the timestamps for today.
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b.py: 03:10:12, 03:37:40
cnh.py: 03:10:28, 03:38:24
c.py: 03:10:12, 03:39:12
h.py: 04:01:18, 05:18:11
r.py: 04:10:43, 05:29:53
v.py: 04:11:10, 05:30:49
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And here are the log and the ps output, which suggest that there is only 1 instance of the cron.
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# grep -i cron.daily /var/log/messages
May 29 03:00:02 gentoo anacron[1282]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 37 min.
May 29 03:01:02 gentoo anacron[2180]: Job `cron.daily' locked by another anacron - skipping
May 29 03:09:02 gentoo CROND[7407]: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily)
May 29 03:10:01 gentoo run-crons[8290]: (root) CMD (/etc/cron.daily/b.py)
May 29 03:10:14 gentoo run-crons[8420]: (root) CMD (/etc/cron.daily/cnh.py)
May 29 03:10:29 gentoo run-crons[8533]: (root) CMD (/etc/cron.daily/c.py)
May 29 03:10:46 gentoo run-crons[8674]: (root) CMD (/etc/cron.daily/emerge-sync)
May 29 03:37:02 gentoo anacron[1282]: Job `cron.daily' started
May 29 04:00:05 gentoo anacron[29793]: Job `cron.daily' locked by another anacron - skipping
May 29 04:01:02 gentoo anacron[30570]: Job `cron.daily' locked by another anacron - skipping
May 29 04:01:06 gentoo run-crons[30702]: (root) CMD (/etc/cron.daily/h.py)
May 29 04:01:19 gentoo run-crons[30848]: (root) CMD (/etc/cron.daily/logrotate)
May 29 04:01:44 gentoo run-crons[31062]: (root) CMD (/etc/cron.daily/man-db)
May 29 04:10:35 gentoo run-crons[10894]: (root) CMD (/etc/cron.daily/r.py)
May 29 04:10:45 gentoo run-crons[11140]: (root) CMD (/etc/cron.daily/update-clock)
May 29 04:11:01 gentoo run-crons[11318]: (root) CMD (/etc/cron.daily/v.py)
May 29 05:00:02 gentoo anacron[7857]: Job `cron.daily' locked by another anacron - skipping
May 29 05:01:01 gentoo anacron[9366]: Job `cron.daily' locked by another anacron - skipping
May 29 05:30:52 gentoo anacron[1282]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (mailing output)
# ps axjf | grep -i [c]ron
1 6385 6385 6385 ? -1 Ss 0 0:02 /usr/sbin/crond
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The system is very much under-powered (i.e. my phone is faster than this system), and it was quite busy the whole time, but I'm not sure that's the cause of the problem. I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to resolve the issue.
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jagdpanther
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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Solamour:
| Code: | /etc/crontab
9 3 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily |
Clears the last run file. Your programs in cron.daily don't start running till the next time
| Code: | | */15 * * * * test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons |
runs. If you are using */15 * * * * as in the above example your cron.daily scripts should start at 0315.
I am having a trouble with double runs of scripts in cron.daily. I think I'll start a new message about that. |
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solamour
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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I commented out everything in "/etc/crontab" and added "anacron", as described in Cron Wiki (https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Cron#Installation).
| Code: | /etc/crontab
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO="root"
HOME=/
*/10 * * * * root /usr/sbin/anacron
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And today, the scripts in "/etc/cron.daily" ran only once around 3AM. I also noticed that the scripts run based on the values specified in "/etc/anacrontab".
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/etc/anacrontab
# /etc/anacrontab: configuration file for anacron
# See anacron(8) and anacrontab(5) for details.
SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
# the maximal random delay added to the base delay of the jobs
RANDOM_DELAY=45
# the jobs will be started during the following hours only
START_HOURS_RANGE=3-22
#period in days delay in minutes job-identifier command
1 5 cron.daily nice run-parts /etc/cron.daily
7 25 cron.weekly nice run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
@monthly 45 cron.monthly nice run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
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Thanks everyone for taking time to share your knowledge and suggestions.
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solamour
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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I'm using "sys-process/cronie", and I just happen to notice the following.
| Code: | # emerge -pv anacron
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild N ] sys-process/anacron-2.3-r2::gentoo 24 KiB
[blocks B ] sys-process/anacron ("sys-process/anacron" is blocking sys-process/cronie-1.5.1-r1)
Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 24 KiB
Conflict: 1 block (1 unsatisfied)
* Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
* installed at the same time on the same system.
(sys-process/anacron-2.3-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
anacron
(sys-process/cronie-1.5.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
sys-process/cronie required by (virtual/cron-0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) |
That doesn't seem to matter though, because cronie comes with anacron.
| Code: | # eix cronie
[?] sys-process/cronie
Available versions: 1.4.11-r1 ~1.4.11-r3 1.4.12 {anacron +inotify pam selinux}
Installed versions: 1.5.1-r1(04:01:15 PM 05/22/2018)(anacron inotify pam -selinux)
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/cronie/wiki
Description: Cronie is a standard UNIX daemon cron based on the original vixie-cron
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solamour
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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Here is something I wasn't aware of. Perhaps it might be useful for those who have the same problem.
As described in Cron Wiki (https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Cron#Using_anacron), anacron is more useful for the systems that aren't running all the time, such as a laptop. When you turn on your laptop and if it missed a scheduled daily job (because the system was off), it starts the job. That marks the "last time it ran", so if you leave the laptop on until this time around tomorrow, it will run again this time around tomorrow.
On the other hand, if you want a job to run at a specific time of the day and the system is running pretty much all the time, it's better to stick with the regular cron. Might need to remove the execution flag of "/etc/cron.hourly/0anacron" if you are not using anacron.
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