[Leaplist] Crontab

[Aaron Morrison]

Couple of things come to mind....

the apt commands could be waiting on something from standard input  
causing the process to block.
And all output is mailed to the root user, so you should check that  
for possible reasons.

--am


On 23 Dec 2008, at 17:45, Bruce Metcalf wrote:

> Hi gang,
>
> Some days, I seem to be unable to comprehend even the simplest  
> issues. Today my challenge is understanding crontab under Debian  
> Lenny.
>
> I have set up the following crontab file to download updates to a  
> Debian mirror on my system, then to automatically update on a daily  
> basis. The file is:
>
> donald:/# crontab -l
> # m h  dom mon dow   command
> 00 1 * * * su - apt-mirror -c apt-mirror
> 00 2 * * * sh /var/spool/apt-mirror/var/clean.sh
> 00 3 * * * apt-get update
> 00 4 * * * apt-get -y upgrade
> 00 5 * * * apt-get autoclean
>
> Now the first line is working fine, as the mirror is updating nearly  
> every day (it's Debian Lenny, so there's a lot of activity as they  
> push toward release). I'm guessing the second line is working too.
>
> The last three lines are not, and I don't understand why not. An  
> hour is vastly adequate to performing the first two actions when  
> done manually, and the apt-get commands work fine when entered  
> manually the following morning.
>
> I have crontab files in other machines on the network that contain  
> the last three lines, and crontab isn't working there, either.
>
> Any and all hints, suggestions, and dope-slaps will be appreciated.
>
> Bruce
>
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