[Mapserver-users] problem with crontab to delete old map images

[Vincent Schut]

fx,

for me (very customized/modified Mandrake 9 system) cron puts its log messages 
in the generic log: /var/log/messages. Try grepping this file for CROND. Or 
simply look at the last part (tail messages) as cron should put a message 
there quite frequently if you have a job every 20 minutes.

Cheers,
Vincent.

On Tuesday 19 August 2003 01:42, fx gamoy wrote:
> nothing in /var/log
> and nothing about logfile with find / -name cron
> thanks
> fx
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Bruce Bushby
>   To: fx gamoy
>   Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 11:37 PM
>   Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] problem with crontab to delete old map
> images
>
>
>   Should be in /var/log
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: fx gamoy [mailto:fx.gamoy at mapxplore.com]
>     Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:10 AM
>     To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu; bruce.bushby at wol.co.za
>     Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] problem with crontab to delete old map
> images
>
>
>     hello
>     thanks for yours sugestions
>     all the tests failed
>     the cron daemon seem to be ok
>     i can 't find any cron log file in order to look for a mystake
>     fx
>       ----- Original Message -----
>       From: Bruce Bushby
>       To: fx gamoy
>       Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 9:45 PM
>       Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] problem with crontab to delete old map
> images
>
>
>       perhaps try single quotes:
>       00 20 * * * 'find /web/mapimage -name "*.png" -exec rm -f  {} \;' >>
> /tmp/cronmap.log 2>&1
>
>       failing that, try get a log of what is going on:
>       00 20 * * * find /web/mapimage -name "*.png" -exec rm -f  {} \; >>
> /tmp/cronmap.log 2>&1
>
>       failing that, go back to basics:
>       41 22 * * * /bin/date >> /tmp/crondate.log
>
>       and confirm cron is working.
>
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu
> [mailto:mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu]On Behalf Of fx gamoy Sent:
> Monday, August 18, 2003 10:08 PM
>         To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>         Subject: [Mapserver-users] problem with crontab to delete old map
> images
>
>
>         hello
>         i have added a daily job with crontab -e
>         00 20 * * * find /web/mapimage -name "*.png" -exec rm -f  {} \;
>         but nothing occur at 20:00.
>
>         i use a debian woody package and cron seem to be well started
>
>         which time cron use? universal? (date -u) or local (date)?
>         thanks for any suggestion
>         fx

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