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Gilbert, > > What happens if you execute the command manually? > > It clears the screen. Doesn't do that on the other servers. Maybe a > permissions problem? So, if you manually execute the command /bin/bash -l -c '/home/ldm/bin/ldmadmin addmetrics' it clears the screen. Is this correct? What happens if you manually execute the command /home/ldm/bin/ldmadmin addmetrics > Also, I am seeing this: > > From: Cron Daemon <address@hidden> > To: address@hidden > Subject: Cron <ldm@weather3> /bin/bash -l -c 'wasReceived -f "LIGHTNING" > -o > 10' || echo USPLN data-products have not been received in the last 10 > minutes > > [ The following text is in the "UTF-8" character set. ] > [ Your display is set for the "ISO-8859-1" character set. ] > [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] > > USPLN data-products have not been received in the last 10 minutes My bad. I mistakenly indicated that the unit of the "-o" option of wasReceived(1) was minutes. It's seconds. You should increase the value to 600. > ---- > > ******************************************************************************* > Gilbert Sebenste ******** > (My opinions only!) ****** > Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University **** > E-mail: address@hidden *** > web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu ** > ******************************************************************************* Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: TMA-441215 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed