Problem with Scheduled Task

JoshMiller · 04-30-2009, 10:02 AM

I am having a bit of a problem with a scheduled task. I've got a script I want to run once an hour. I've set it up to run with gnome-schedule and gotten it to run. The problem is that it runs 4 times every hour.

Any ideas would be appreciated. If I runt he script manually it only executes once so it's not a problem there.

jailbait · 04-30-2009, 11:37 AM

Could you post the entry in cron that gnome schedule created for you?

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JoshMiller · 04-30-2009, 02:23 PM

[QUOTE=jailbait;3525966]Could you post the entry in cron that gnome schedule created for you?

Where would I find that at exactly? there isn't anything under etc/cron.hourly, which is where I understand these sorts of files go.

colucix · 04-30-2009, 03:38 PM

Try the command

Code:

crontab -l

it will list your current crontab entries. In gnome-schedule you can see the time fields in the Advanced tab of the scheduled task dialog.

JoshMiller · 04-30-2009, 04:04 PM

Here's what I get

josh@Selphie:~$ crontab -l
0 * * * * bash /home/josh/scripts/post_uptime >/dev/null 2>&1 #JOB_ID_1
josh@Selphie:~$

colucix · 04-30-2009, 04:09 PM

It is correct. Why do you think it runs 4 times per hour? Does it produce something strange?

JoshMiller · 04-30-2009, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colucix

It is correct. Why do you think it runs 4 times per hour? Does it produce something strange?

The script makes a twitter post and 4 tweets all show up at once as seen here. http://twitter.com/selphiebot

chrism01 · 04-30-2009, 09:03 PM

How about posting the script code as well. As colucix says, timing looks fine, unless you've got other cronjobs with the same code. Check all the system crontabs, and all crontabs for all users (/var/spool/cron probably).