On 1/5/2011 6:35 AM, bluethundr wrote: > sorry forgot to mention that cron IS running > >> 45 2 * * * /usr/sbin/amcheck /var/log/amanda/crontab/amcheck.log >> * 3 * * * /usr/sbin/amdump /var/log/amanda/crontab/amdump.log >> >> And here's a tail of the cron logs >> >> [root at amanda init.d]# tail /var/log/cron >> Jan 5 07:01:01 newamanda crond[13612]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) >> Jan 5 07:17:09 newamanda crontab[13652]: (amandabackup) BEGIN EDIT >> (amandabackup) >> Jan 5 07:18:00 newamanda crontab[13652]: (amandabackup) REPLACE (amandabackup) >> Jan 5 07:18:00 newamanda crontab[13652]: (amandabackup) END EDIT (amandabackup) >> Jan 5 07:18:01 newamanda crond[1448]: (amandabackup) RELOAD (cron/amandabackup) >> Jan 5 07:18:39 newamanda crond[13686]: (CRON) STARTUP (V5.0) >> Jan 5 07:23:01 newamanda crontab[13699]: (amandabackup) BEGIN EDIT >> (amandabackup) >> Jan 5 07:23:47 newamanda crontab[13699]: (amandabackup) END EDIT (amandabackup) >> Jan 5 07:25:38 newamanda crontab[13751]: (amandabackup) BEGIN EDIT >> (amandabackup) >> Jan 5 07:25:53 newamanda crontab[13751]: (amandabackup) END EDIT (amandabackup) You also forgot to give us the cron logs for the time slice when it was supposed to run... (That's 2:45 and 3 AM). -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com