Crond in HPUX

[AnkushKalra]

Hi,

I am new to HPUX.I have some doubts related to "crond" in HPUX.

I have one HPUX box.Details of HP Server is as below.

#uname -a
HP-UX SrvName B.11.31 U ia64 2915055790 unlimited-user license

In this already cronjobs arealready  running fine.If we add one more cronjob,do i have to start any service??I know in rhel7,you donot have to restart any service.Kernel reloads crond service automatically.is the same in HPUX or is different?

Also how can i check "cron" status in hpux like we can do the same in rhel using "systemctl status crond".

Please help

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

If you edit your crontab file with 'crontab -e' then NO, you do not have to restart the cron daemon.

To verify that cron is running the easiest way is 'ps -ef | grep cron'.

[AnkushKalra]

Thanks for the responce.Also please let me know how can i check "cron" status in hpux like we can do the same in rhel using "systemctl status crond".I know i can see "crond" service using "ps -ef | grep crond",but can i get crond status output similar to rhel  

[Patrick Wallek]

No, you cannot.  There is no 'systemctl' type command for HP-UX.

[AnkushKalra]

Thanks all for the help!!!

[Dennis Handly]

> I know i can see "crond" service using "ps -ef | grep crond",

That's all there is, it's either running or not.

A better command for checking for process existence, no need for grep, is:

UNIX95=EXTENDED_PS ps -HfC crontd