vixie-cron.x86_64 doesn't seem to execute jobs on crontab

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I have installed crontab on CentOS 5.6 x64 via

yum install vixie-cron.x86_64

Here is my crontab -e

SHELL=/bin/sh
0       0       *       *       *       cat /root/mysql-backup.txt | xargs /root/mysql-cron.sh

Whenever I run this command manually it executes without problems:

cat /root/mysql-backup.txt | xargs /root/mysql-cron.sh

I am just wondering why my cron is not running. It's suppose to run every midnight to backup my mysql database.

Are there any other particular steps to configure cron with crontab?

Stupid question: have you checked that your crond (cron daemon) is running? — Stéphane Gimenez, Sep 28, 2011 at 0:42
Do you have a record of the cron job in your system logs? Do you have local mail configured, so that cron sends you mail if the command produces output? How do you know that the command was not executed in the first place? — Gilles 'SO- stop being evil', Sep 28, 2011 at 0:48

Rui F Ribeiro · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-15 16:56:40Z

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As an answer this question Stéphane Gimenez told me to run crond. Here is how to do it:

/etc/init.d/crond start

Rui F Ribeiro

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answered Sep 28, 2011 at 6:49

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