#!/bin/ksh
# cron_check.ksh
CPID=`ps -ef | egrep 'cron' | head -1 | sed '/  /s// /g' | sed '/  /s// /g' | sed '/$ /s///g' | cut -d' ' -f 3`
if [ $CPID ]; then
  echo "The pid of cron is $CPID ... so cron is running okay at `date`"
else
  echo "Need to fix cron at `date` ... running 'sudo cron restart' ..."
  sudo cron restart
fi
NEXT=`at now + 1 minutes < $0`
echo $NEXT
exit