cron starts multiple commands

[Matthias Andree]

Am 20.07.2010, 19:15 Uhr, schrieb matias kaukonen:

> I'm using cron to backup my files.  The problem is cron seems
> to repeat the backup every minute for 5 minutes.  Pls refer to my cron  
> file.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/home/lhovey/utils/scripts/:/home/lhovey/backups/:.
> time_stamp=$(date +%y.%m.%d-%H)
>
> @daily ./backups/make_backup.bash
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Has anyone seen this before with cygwin?  Do they know what the fix is  
> for this?

Does the cron service crash and get restarted by your service  
configuration?  Check your system event log, or the output of cronevents  
for hints.

Does the make_backup script succeed and complete, or does it abort  
prematurely?

-- 
Matthias Andree

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