On 13:20 24 Dec 2002, Hauser Marcel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Anthony E. Greene wrote:
| >On 24-Dec-2002/06:11 +0100, Hauser Marcel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| >>if i have the following in my crontab:
| >>
| >>01 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
| >>05 0 * * * root /etc/something/crontab
| >>
| >>and the /etc/something/crontab scripts takes longer than until 4:01 to 
| >>finish.... will the scripts in /etc/cron.daily "wait" until 
| >>/etc/something/crontab has finished ?
| >
| >No.
| 
| ok.. thanks :) but how could i fix this ?
| 
| i have a tool which creates squid reports on a monthly basis. This Tool 
| runs very long (depends how big the log file is for a month of data). If 
| i start it at 0:05 everything is fine until 04:01 where the logrotate 
| script is fired up... which logrotates the squid logfiles (if end of 
| month) away, while the squid reporting tool still depends on it!

You have a few choices. For this situation I'd suggest running the job
_after_ the logrotate, and just use the rotated log as input data instead
of the main log.  This is arguably cleaner anyway, because squid won't
be writing to a log you're trying to process.
-- 
Cameron Simpson, DoD#743        [EMAIL PROTECTED]    http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/

... What is the sound of one tentacle writhing? - Squid Zen



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