Cron event logs says (*system*) NOT REGULAR... what does this mean
Larry Hall (Cygwin)
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Fri Nov 9 07:10:00 GMT 2007
Jerome Fong wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>> On 08 November 2007 20:28, Jerome Fong wrote:
>>>>> Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
>>>>> On 08 November 2007 19:29, Jerome Fong wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> I got cron working as a daemon, but now it stopped working again.
>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>> getting the following errors in the cronevents output. Anyone
>>>>>> know what
>>>>>> this means? 2007年11月08日 11:02:18 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 1644:
>>>>>> (*system*) NOT REGULAR (/etc/cron.d/cron.daily)
>>>> It means that file is not a regular file.
>>>>>>>> Pierre
>>>>>>>>>>> I (jfong) owned the file. Should (*system*) own the file? Sorry, I
>>> don't understand what it means when you say it is not a regular file?
>>> What makes it Not Regular?
>>>> Is it a symlink?
>>>>>> cheers,
>> DaveK
>> No, they are files not links
What does 'ls -l /etc/cron.d/cron.daily' say?
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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