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Old 10-25-2016
Script only runs first time through crontab
Hello,

I am trying to run a script through crontab and it runs the first time and then it does not run.

I tried to run a simple script (as shown below) and I see the same issue.

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
clear
echo "Good Morning, World." > /tmp/test123

Crontab Entry:

Code:
30 09 * * * /home/uhosting/test > /tmp/test123 2>&1

Any advise/comments, please?
# 2  
Old 10-25-2016
  1. Before the /tmp... use >> instead of >
  2. If you schedule it once per day (at 9:30) then it is normal that is only run once per day Smilie
  3. Avoid to name a script "test" : "test" already is the name of a unix command ... (as well as "script" by the way ! )
  4. Don't use the same logfile inside your script and from crontab (conflicting redundancy by concurrent access )
Last edited by rbatte1; 10-26-2016 at 10:24 AM.. Reason: Converted to formatted number-list
# 3  
Old 10-25-2016
In the script or in the crontab?
# 4  
Old 10-25-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by hasn318
In the script or in the crontab?
In the crontab. And get rid of the one in the script!

Andrew
# 5  
Old 10-25-2016
Up to you, but avoid to update them both at the same time (i updated my previous post).
# 6  
Old 10-25-2016
Thanks for the inputs, that works. Now the script that I have issue, I am trying to logon to a remote server and get a listing from a directory.

Code:
ssh -q servername 'ls -al /nim/dr/mksysb/*|grep _dr|cut -c37-90|cut -d" " -f2-8|cut -d_ -f1' > /tmp/output

the above command works fine from the command line but not through crontab
# 7  
Old 10-25-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by hasn318
Thanks for the inputs, that works. Now the script that I have issue, I am trying to logon to a remote server and get a listing from a directory.

Code:
ssh -q servername 'ls -al /nim/dr/mksysb/*|grep _dr|cut -c37-90|cut -d" " -f2-8|cut -d_ -f1' > /tmp/output

the above command works fine from the command line but not through crontab
At this point I'm guessing ssh keys. You probably need to explicitly include the private key file you are using:
Code:
ssh -q -i /home/myname/.ssh/id_dsa ...

assuming the identity file is the id_dsa file.

What are you trying to get from the server? Do you have stat on the server? Could you use that to find the file information you are looking for?

Andrew
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