Cron mysteriously stops cronning.

[Dave Hammond]

This topic was bandied about recently, however I can't recall the resolution.

The machine is a standard 386 running SCO 2.3.1.  The cron task has
functioned normally since installing 2.3.1 (in fact, since the first
installation of 2.1.3 back in '86).  All-of-a-sudden, last Friday it
stops running.

A 'ps' shows cron is still alive, yet it has not run any tasks since.

There were no mail messages from 'login' to root (usually how cron message
are mailed) indicating a problem.

A basic cron debugger ("date > logfile" once-a-day) was run on the
last fateful day, but not since.

Rebooting either has no effect, or apparently will re-engage cron,
which stops cronning shortly (24 hours or so) thereafter.

Is there a SCO patch for this?  Does anyone else care to share strange
cron tales?  Any pointers, at all, will be appreciated.

BTW, might this have anything to do with daylight savings time changes?
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Dave Hammond
daveh at marob.masa.com