QNX RTOS v4 Knowledge Base
QNX RTOS v4 Knowledge Base
| Title |
Running 'cron' on more than one node. |
| Ref. No. |
QNX.000009375 |
| Category(ies) |
Utilities |
| Issue |
We're trying to run cron on nodes 1 & 3, but are only able to run it on one node or the other, but not both. Why?
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| Solution |
First, register 'cron' locally using the -L option (the default is a global). Once this is done, create a seperate /usr/spool/cron.$NODE file for each $NODE 'cron' will be run on. run cron on.
From the "QNX OS Utilities Reference -- A to M" manual for cron:
-L Local. Automatically adds the suffix .node_ID to the cron directory name (/usr/spool/cron or the filename given to the -d option). e.g. If cron is being run on node 95 and -d is not specified, the cron directory name would be /usr/spool/cron.95. This allows cron to be run on multiple machines which share the same filesystem.
See Also: crontab in the "QNX OS Utilities Reference -- A to M" manual. |
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