Re: cron directory temporaries
Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <[email protected]>
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> Does anyone know why /var/spool/cron is full of temporary > directories, shouldn't crontab > remove them once it puts the new crontab in place? > > cron.0nnc7N/ cron.8B2aUC/ cron.DQpQ2a/ cron.OCZcH6/ cron.W4dMdx/ > cron.hz6xGv/ cron.vP6O9K/ > cron.1GO7he/ cron.8b5o2U/ cron.DUMBHe/ cron.QDdO5F/ cron.aWLMXw/ > cron.jdqviV/ cron.vddmmS/ > cron.2vSGGX/ cron.AoUk2o/ cron.GmWOCm/ cron.RFEIP3/ cron.cRYUFe/ > cron.ko2PY1/ cron.vtqoiY/ > cron.6BUOO1/ cron.C4QbYY/ cron.GuKoU1/ cron.RepgN9/ cron.deMeGB/ > cron.rhok8E/ cron.x71Bte/ > cron.6R2YlJ/ cron.CGotPU/ cron.JLo8dt/ cron.SShuzQ/ cron.fixTw7/ > cron.rnU9sm/ crontabs/ > > > The directories are actually empty, and the only user on the server is > root, so surely it can't be a permissions issue > > eg: > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 31 20:55 cron.AoUk2o/ > > Any suggestions muchly appreciated. The crontab for each user is located in /var/spool/cron/crontabs -- Willy Sudiarto Raharjo Personal Blog : http://willysr.blogspot.com Linux Blog: http://slackblogs.blogspot.com