Posted by Al on 01/17/05 21:37

Al wrote:
> I've got a question about the following cronjob.
>
>>
>> #At 3:01 our time, run backups
>> 1 0 * * * /usr/local/bin/php
>> /www/r/rester/htdocs/auto_backup/back_em_up.php
>> >/www/r/rester/htdocs/auto_backup/cron.log 2>&1
>>
>> #At 3:02 clean up sessions folder
>> 2 0 * * * (find /www/r/rester/htdocs/sessions/ -name 'sess_*' -mtime
>> +1 -delete)
>>
>> #this is only for testing a new cronjob, every minute
>> * * * * * /usr/local/bin/php
>> /www/r/rester/htdocs/phpList_cronjob/process_cronjob.php
>> >>/www/r/rester/htdocs/phpList_cronjob/cron.log 2>>&1
>>
>
> The new one doesn't seem to want to run until after 3:01 or 3:02.
> Shouldn't the sever just run it every minute?
>
> And, the every minute job doesn't add anything to its log file.
>
> Apache on a virtual host. The 3:01 and 3:02 jobs have been running fine
> for months.
>
> Thanks

You guys were of immeasurable. I greatly appreciate it and hope I can help you
sometime.

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