cron problems

ksmatthews · 11-04-2008, 06:14 AM

Hi there,

I am running some PHP command line scripts in root which update the crontab file.

The scripts run OK but after when I type 'rccron status' to check cron it reports that it is unused. This is annoying because at the end of my scripts I put the line

exec('/usr/sbin/rccron restart');

Which should ensure that cron is restarted after ammending file crontab ...

Anyone got any ideas ?

Steven M

chrism01 · 11-04-2008, 06:35 PM

You don't restart cron (unless it crashes). It polls the crontab files, see man cron

Code:

  Cron then wakes up every minute, examining all stored crontabs, 
  checking each command to see if it should be run in the current minute.