[chef] Re: Duplicate cron entries?

[Paul Choi < >]

 I just deleted /var/spool/cron/root, then re-ran chef-client in debug.

[Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:08:24 -0700] DEBUG: Processing cron[findcore] on 
w17.plaxo.com[Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:08:24 -0700] DEBUG: cron[findcore] 
using Chef::Provider::Cron[Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:08:24 -0700] DEBUG: Cron 
empty for 'root'
[Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:08:24 -0700] INFO: Added cron 'findcore'
[Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:08:24 -0700] DEBUG: Processing cron[delete_cores] 
on w17.plaxo.com
[Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:08:24 -0700] DEBUG: cron[delete_cores] using 
Chef::Provider::Cron
[Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:08:24 -0700] DEBUG: Cron 'delete_cores' not 
found[Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:08:24 -0700] INFO: Added cron 'delete_cores'

Then you get:
# Chef Name: findcore
0 */2 * * * /usr/local/bin/findcore.sh
# Chef Name: delete_cores
30 1 * * * find /var/log/archives/core/* -type d -mtime +3 -exec rm -rf 
{} \;

which is correct.

I guess I'll leave it in debug for a while...

-Paul

On 8/20/10 9:35 AM, Paul Choi wrote:
>  Hello,
>
> I'm running chef-client 0.9.6 on a bunch of hosts and occasionally, 
> duplicate entries show up:
> # Chef Name: findcore
> 0 */2 * * * /usr/local/bin/findcore.sh
> # Chef Name: delete_cores
> 30 1 * * * find /var/log/archives/core/* -type d -mtime +3 -exec rm 
> -rf {} \;
> # Chef Name: findcore
> 0 */2 * * * /usr/local/bin/findcore.sh
>
> Unfortunately, I'm chef-client on log_level :info..., so this is all I 
> see in the logs:
> [Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:45:21 -0700] INFO: Added cron 'findcore'
>
> There's approx. 15 hosts running the same run_list and it pops up once 
> a day on a totally random host. I just upgraded to 0.9.6 from 0.8.16, 
> although I was seeing this in 0.8.16 also. Any ideas?
>
> -Paul Choi