<snip> > > (those commands should run the cron normally except starting at 03:00, > where it should kick off at 3:15 instead of 03:05) > > If it also fails to start at 03:15 then that would suggest that > something is happening to the cron job the last time it is run to make > it hang (or make the system think it is hung). > I wonder if the other end has some file(s) locked for writing or other reason and that is choking the local wget.