Crontab problem

razzera · 04-07-2010, 12:46 AM

Hello.

I have "* 6 * * * root perl /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=awstats.conf -update" in my /etc/crontab and whenever it's trying to run it it's apparently run several times cause when i look in htop i can se over 80+ "perl /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=awstats.conf -update" currently running, why is this ??

Sayan Acharjee · 04-07-2010, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by razzera

Hello.

I have "* 6 * * * root perl /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=awstats.conf -update" in my /etc/crontab and whenever it's trying to run it it's apparently run several times cause when i look in htop i can se over 80+ "perl /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=awstats.conf -update" currently running, why is this ??

According to your crontab entry the command will run every minute at 6AM.

So its obvious why its running several times at 6 AM.

razzera · 04-07-2010, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by sayan_acharjee

According to your crontab entry the command will run every minute at 6AM.

So its obvious why its running several times at 6 AM.

hmm. what would it be to make it run once every 6 hours? what did i do wrong ?

Sayan Acharjee · 04-07-2010, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by razzera

hmm. what would it be to make it run once every 6 hours? what did i do wrong ?

You can try this:

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0 6 * * * root perl /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=awstats.conf -update

Now it will run exactly at 6 AM only once in a day.

valen_tino · 04-07-2010, 08:39 AM

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hmm. what would it be to make it run once every 6 hours? what did i do wrong ?

0 */6 * * * root perl /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=awstats.conf -update