Maybe the server was down when the cron job was supposed to run?
I would just say > /dev/null but it doesn't matter.
/var/log/syslog or similar logfile maybe with different name on different system should record what happens every time a cron job runs. Browse or grep that file.
You can crontab -e to make the job run sometime when you are around and you can monitor what happens.
You might as well direct the output to some log files so you'll never be in the dark:
I'm trying to locate all files that do not contain the string /usr but do contain the string csh within the file called /etc/passwd. Then I would like to direct this output to a file called pout.
Does anyone one have suggestions on this one?
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How do I direct the output of an at command
at now < backupprogram
so that I see something happening. It says the job has been executed but I am not getting the tar file that my backup program on the computer anywhere at all
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Hi,
I'm running a program by executing the following command...
convert NA 2> compiler.err
Here is the command for debugging this process in IBM debugger...
idebug convert NA 2> compiler.err
On executing the above command the error output from idebug process is
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Hi,
I just wrote a program in C to split a comma seperated string in to group of strings using strtok() function. The code is:
int main()
{
char *temp;//not used here but basically we extract one string after another using strtok() and assign to a string pointer defined like this.
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When I do
time tar cvf /dev/st0 /mnt/junk >> /root/benchlog, I want it to put the output of the time command into the benchlog file, but it put /mnt/junk. How do I get it to put the output of the tar command? (1 Reply)
I have a script in which some outputs are directed to one file
echo "Load Started" >>${LOGFILE1}
If I have another file LOGFILE2 and i want to redirect the output of the above echo command to LOGFILE2 as well with the same command line... how can i do that?
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Dear All
I have a simple bash script that creates a folder ( I called it TEMP) in the current directory.
The question is: how do I direct the output of my awk script into folder TEMP?
Below is my attempt:
#!/bin/bash
mkdir TEMP
echo Enter input file:
read infile
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Is there a way to keep the output of a script displayed on the terminal when it's run by itself, but suspend part of that output and only have a specific part delivered when it's piped to another script or program? I'm thinking something like the following pseudocode:
#!/bin/bash
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Hi,
I still have the problem with directing information from cat or grep to a variable.
For instance:
XMSG "$(date +%Y_%m_%d)_error_report.txt" "$(cat "$(date +%Y_%m_%d)_error_report.txt")" &Works! The text received by cat is directed to my function.
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