[arch-general] System Cron jobs not running

[R7h0re4]

Karol Blazewicz <karol.blazewicz at gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:54 AM, R7h0re4 <r7h0re4 at att.net> wrote:
>>
>> I made a custom script that I want to put into the weekly system cron
>> job and according to my logs the script is not running weekly like it
>> should.
>>
>> -rwxr--r--  1 root root    87 Aug  4 13:39 cool_script.sh
>>
>> According to my information the permission are correct as only root
>> should be able to run system cron jobs.
>>
>> This is the only thing I have seen in my logs.
>>
>> Oct 20 03:01:02 localhost anacron[14161]: Anacron started on 2011-10-20
>> Oct 20 03:01:02 localhost anacron[14161]: Job `cron.weekly' locked by another an
>> acron - skipping
>> Oct 20 03:01:02 localhost anacron[14161]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 12 min.
>> Oct 20 03:01:02 localhost anacron[14161]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
>> Oct 20 03:02:01 localhost anacron[14151]: Job `cron.weekly' started
>> Oct 20 03:02:02 localhost anacron[14151]: Job `cron.weekly' terminated
>> Oct 20 03:02:02 localhost anacron[14151]: Normal exit (1 job run)
>> Oct 20 03:13:02 localhost anacron[14161]: Job `cron.daily' started
>> Oct 20 03:13:55 localhost anacron[14161]: Job `cron.daily' terminated
>> Oct 20 03:13:55 localhost anacron[14161]: Normal exit (1 job run)
>>
>> I do not have Anacron installed, and my script does not run weekly like
>> it is supposed too, I would like fix this problem.
>>
>> Any suggestions are welcome!
>>
>> R7h0re4
>>
>>
>
> Are you using cronie, dcron or some other cron? cronie provides anacron.

I do have Cronie installed but I am still wondering why the script won't
run if put in the weekly cron folder. My understanding is the
documentation is a little week concerning this topic on the Wiki.  Do I
need to fill a bug report, or is something out of place.

R7h0re4