On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:00:26 +0100, Glen Yu wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have a script that I normally run (called "extract.sh") but can't seem to > run it today because everytime I run it, it says that it's already running > :| , but if I do "ps -ef | grep extract", nothing shows up. The log file, > however, tells a different story: > > Fri Jan 12 08:03:01 EST 2007, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> extract.sh is already > running, pid: 29669 > Fri Jan 12 08:05:29 EST 2007, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> extract.sh is already > running, pid: 270 > Fri Jan 12 08:05:53 EST 2007, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> extract.sh is already > running, pid: 277 > Fri Jan 12 08:08:09 EST 2007, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> extract.sh is already > running, pid: 1054 > Fri Jan 12 08:16:41 EST 2007, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> extract.sh is already > running, pid: 2154
I've run into this sort of thing before and it turned out to be tripping over the grep process. Does your script also 'ps -ef | grep extract' or something similar? If so, the PIDs might be those of the grep process. Good luck, Reid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
