Hello Robert, Robert Vollmert <r...@vllmrt.net> writes:
> It seems that mcron doesn’t clean up after itself. I regularly see > some zombie processes around, presumably left over by each of my > two 15-minute cron jobs: > > root 21285 0.0 0.3 24124 3248 ? Ss 11:05 0:00 > /gnu/store/mamwayq00mqs85kgs6ibww7xw6dy776s-mcron-1.1.1/bin/mcron > /gnu/store/rdi71izz4d16v77hb8h2jks0s3q9zini-mcron-job > /gnu/store/k7dn1v7qpi4kz183glmbgsf1c7pj19xx-mcron-job > /gnu/store/lfyj23bzhc14y5rqi91g493jql9dphxk-mcron-job > /gnu/store/mx9k5n92kmhryn3vh4607hrmnkjb8dl6-mcron-job > /gnu/store/l4nxmajr0i5g07fxvrgnaw29zd1jq0qw-mcron-job > root 26611 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 17:29 0:00 [mcron] > <defunct> > root 26612 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 17:29 0:00 [mcron] > <defunct> > > In case that matters, they’re defined using the following: > > (define puzzledb-tweets-pzv-job > (let* ((exp > (with-imported-modules '((helpers)) > #~(begin > (use-modules (helpers)) > (let ((backend (read-secret "tools.jwt")) > (twitter (read-secret "twitter.token"))) > (runl (string-append #$puzzledb-tools "/bin/tweets") > "-backend_token" backend > "-token" twitter > "-deletes"))))) > (script (program-file "puzzledb-tweets-pzv-job" exp))) > #~(job "*/15 * * * *" ; every fifteen minutes > #$script))) > > where the module helpers contains: > > (define-module (helpers) > #:use-module (ice-9 textual-ports) > #:export (runl read-secret)) > > (define* (runl prog . args) > (apply execl prog prog args)) > > (define* (read-secret file) > (string-trim-both > (get-string-all > (open-input-file > (string-append "/etc/puzzledb/secrets/" file))))) Thank you for the report. I don't seem to have any mcron zombies on my system and have one job running every 5 minutes, another once per day, another every 3 days. Does the problem still exist for you? Thanks, Maxim
