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06-16-2017

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Welcome Steven_2975,

I have a few observations:-

I don't know what command DB_DATA does. Is that important?
I don't see why you count the items to test if you need to do the work. If the second find command does not select anything, the -exec section does not run.
If the depth of directory/filename gets very long, your commands may fail. It might be better to change to $DB_DATA_PATH, check that you have done so and then run find with a directory of .
I'm not sure you need to have single quotes around the '{}' or ';'
When you say it's 'not working', in what way is it not? Do you have any output/errors?
For a dummy run, use .... -exec echo gzip ...... so you make sure you don't break anything whilst working on it.
In your first find, you have options -maxdepth 1 -mtime -1 set when you are counting, but not when you execute the second find. Which is the correct configuration?

I'm sure we can help you work this through to achieve what you want.

Kind regards,
Robin

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kep_reload

KEP_RELOAD(1)						      General Commands Manual						     KEP_RELOAD(1)

NAME

       kep_reload - Update Predict's Keplerian elements

SYNOPSIS

	kep_reload

DESCRIPTION

       KEP_RELOAD is a simple utility that forces an immediate reload of PREDICT's Keplerian database through a socket connection while PREDICT is
       running in server mode.	It is especially useful in environments where PREDICT runs continuously, and periodic  Keplerian  element  updates
       are made outside of PREDICT, such as through scripts run through a crontab.

       The  "kepupdate"  script  found	in this directory is an example of a Keplerian element update script that can be run on an automated basis
       through a crontab.  It is designed to be placed in your home directory under a subdirectory  called  "cronjobs".   It  downloads  Keplerian
       orbital	data  from  www.celestrak.com  using  the  HTTP  protocol.   (The  "wget" utility, available from the Free Software Foundation, is
       required, and is included in many Linux distrubutions.)

       Type crontab -e to edit your crontab.  Simply add the following entry:

	       0 8 * * * kepupdate

       and your orbital database will update each morning at 8:00 AM (provided you have a network connection at that time).

       See the crontab man page for more information on editing your crontab.

AUTHOR

       This man page was written by A. Maitland Bottoms, AA4HS, for Debian GNU/Linux.

								  31 August 2003						     KEP_RELOAD(1)

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