scott@uunet.uu.net (Scott Weitzenkamp) (06/05/91)
We seem to be having problems with cron on SunOS 4.0.3c on a SPARCstation 1. Occasionally cron seems to start a job twice. For example, I have cron run a script called update_version every morning at 1:15. Here is my crontab entry: 15 1 * * * /home/rtworks/bin/update_version > /usr/local/update$$.tmp 2>&1 At least once or twice a week, I would come to work and find two update$$.tmp files in /usr/local. I eventually wound up modifying my update_version script to create a temporary lock file (therefore the second job would exit). This works, but I am curious if the bug is mine or Suns. Are there any known problems with SunOS 4.0.3c cron? If so, were these fixed in 4.1? Am I doing something dumb? Thanks for any help... -- Thanks in advance... Scott Weitzenkamp, Talarian Corporation, Mountain View, CA uunet!talarian!scott (415) 965-8050 "Welcome to the late show, starring NULL and void" -- Men At Work