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Zack Wickes · Guest

Hi,

For a few months Eventum was running fine. Cron jobs working as documented.

Then suddenly, with no apparent configuration changes - the
process_mail_queue.php cron job started choking

I have configured:

0 * * * * /usr/bin/php -f
/var/www/vhosts/torqueinvoicing.com/httpdocs/eventum/misc/process_mail_queue
..php --fix-lock
*/10 * * * * /usr/bin/php -f
/var/www/vhosts/torqueinvoicing.com/httpdocs/eventum/misc/check_reminders.ph
p
1-59 * * * * /usr/bin/php -f
/var/www/vhosts/torqueinvoicing.com/httpdocs/eventum/misc/process_mail_queue
..php

However, I get a continual report that:

"ERROR: There is already a process (pid=xxx) of this script running. If this
is not accurate, you may fix it by running this script with '--fix-lock' as
the only parameter."

OK - fine, so I force the --fix-lock one to run alone by itself.
("fix-lock" seems a bit hack-ish - but anyway...)

Then I get the --fix-lock version telling me the exact same thing! Run the
--fix-lock job!. LOL

OK, OK, I shut them all down, then manually find the lock file and delete
it. I have checked the locks directory has full on 777 permissions. I even
rebooted the server!

Then, turn on ONLY the process_mail_queue.php job - boom! Same thing -
complains the process is already running!

So, I load up a terminal and there is NO process of the noted pid running,
but the lock file remains and of course --fix-lock is not working either!

I have disabled the jobs completely and am frustrated. Any help would be
appreciated.

Thanks.

Jorey Bump · Guest

Zack Wickes wrote, at 12/07/2008 03:48 PM: