hadi motamedi wrote: > Thank you very much for your reply . Can you please do me favor and > let me know where I have to check for the scripts that may wipe out > these files on reboot ? How can I check if /var/spool on transient > storage ? > Please be informed that I have two CentOS servers , one is running > CentOS 5.0 and the other is CentOS5.2 . For the CentOS5.2 , the cron > job does not disappear after server reboot but for the 5.0 one it does > . Can you please let me know what is wrong here ? this would be something specific you've done intentionally... its certianly not something that happens by default in any normal installation why have neither of your servers been updated to current ?