on Sat, Apr 27, 2002, Carlos Sousa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:28:12 -0700 "Karsten M. Self" > <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > 3/15 * * * * root /etc/init.d/fetchmail start 1>/dev/null > ^^^ > > ...which should restart fetchmail every fifteen minutes. > > Should it? man 5 crontab says: > Step values can be used in conjunction with ranges. Fol- > lowing a range with ``/<number>'' specifies skips of the > number's value through the range. For example, ``0-23/2'' > ... > Steps are also permitted after an asterisk, so if you want > to say ``every two hours'', just use ``*/2''. > > But you're using 3/15 in the minutes field. Could that be it? Perhaps > 3-48/15 would work better...
I think you're right. The list format I've replaced with it seems to be working in the meantime. > > Problem is, it doesn't. > > > > I've changed the inovcation to read: > > > > 3,18,33,48 * * * * root /etc/init.d/fetchmail start > > 1>/dev/null > > > > Checking just now, the daemon's still running. > > Not sure I understand you here. Isn't that OK, that the daemon is > running? Or did you really want to *restart*, not *start*, it? Try this from the command line. If fetchmail is running, you are told that it is. If it isn't, you start it. A restart isn't appropriate because if the problem I'm experiencing exists, there's no current process to restart. Not that this means it doesn't work, I haven't checked specifically. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Moderator, Free Software Law Discussion mailing list: http://lists.alt.org/mailman/listinfo/fsl-discuss/
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