[SOLVED] How to cancel two cron'd rsync that are running at same time, or can they both run ok

anon091 · 04-22-2014, 11:51 AM

OK, we have a scheduled cron job that runs an rsync command for us. Someone manually kicked off the cron job via webmin, but then the scheduled one also kicked off while that one was still running.

My question is, how can I kill one of them since they're doing the exact same thing? Or are they both safe trying to rsync the same data? Seems like you wouldn't want to run the same rsync command twice like that, as it might cause issues?

linxpatrick · 04-22-2014, 12:30 PM

Since the rsync is doing the same thing I don't think you want them running together. Besides having no need to run two of the same rsync processes there is a possibility of a conflict if the same file is being written by both processes.

Use the following link to figure out the PID for the rsync process that you wish to kill and the correct command to kill it. I don't believe you would need, or should to kill the cron process because.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/kill-pr...linux-systems/

deathsfriend99 · 04-22-2014, 01:59 PM

I would kill them both. The rsync command has an 'update' switch so it will continue where it left off. That way you know rsync isn't spinning it's wheels.

anon091 · 04-23-2014, 09:23 AM

Thanks for the help guys.