Starting from the thing that popped into my head first, why are you getting so many processes? Do you start with one or a few, and then they start replicating? If so, I'd guess you've got a case of the *'s syndrome. The * * * * * * at the beginning of the crontab file basically tells cron to kick off your script(s) every minute.

If you're not doing that, then you really need to figure out why you get so many processes, because something is pretty obviously broken.

Other potential traps to avoid include

That's all I can think of for now, hope this helps your situation

-Scott


In reply to Re: cron script best practices by 5mi11er
in thread cron script best practices by jimbus

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