Re: cron job with pid: xxxx Failed

From: Douglas R. Probst (doug.probst_at_rcn.com)
Date: 03/04/05 

Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 15:36:59 -0500

Do the script write a log or are there outputs sent to /dev/null.
If the answer is /dev/null change the entry to redirect the output to a file
and then check to see what is in the file.
the syntax it /path/to/script > /path/to/file 2>&1
Hope this helps
Doug
"UnixShell" <sgtembe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1109968094.730319.113730@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> AIX 5.2
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I was trying to investigate on why one of scripts did not run through
> the cron yesterday & came across this entry in the cron log file under
> /var/adm/cron:
>
> cron job with pid: xxxx Failed
>
> There is no other explanation in the log file as to why it failed. The
> script has been running successfully via the cron every day for a long
> time & nothing has changed. It ran successfully today, again, without
> any change.
>
> Is there any other place I can look at to find the exact cause? Does
> anyone know what could have caused this?
>
> The script that failed runs everyday @ 13:00. There are 9 other scripts
> that also run via the cron at the same time. Out of the total 10
> scripts that kick-off @ 13:00, four had a "failed" message & while the
> remaining six had a "cron job with pid: xxxx Successful" message.
>
> Is there a limit on the number of scripts I can run from the cron that
> kick-off at the same time?
>
> Thanks for any help in advance.
> Suhas
>

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