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Hello,

I have a cronjob that i am currently running which is as follows:
php /home/****/cronjob.php --debug 2>&1 >> /home/cronjoboutput.txt

That, as you may know, logs the output to a file called cronjoboutput.txt in the home directory.

I want that cronjob to output to a different file everyday so if today is the 25th (25-10-2009) then it will output to "/home/ilog/25-10-2009.log". And if the date changes to the 26th then it starts logging to "/home/ilog/26-10-2009.log".

Can someone please write up a command that does this for me?

Thanks!

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---------- Post updated at 22:38 ---------- Previous update was at 22:37 ----------

Searching for "date in filename" gives (at least) this, this, this, and that.

set the output file to

Code:

>/home/ilog/`date +"%m-%d-%Y"`.txt

Code:

>> /home/ilog/$(/bin/date +%d-%m-%Y).log

Hey im sorry but i did search but i didnt find anything that i thought would be helpful.. I am very new to this.

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Hello.

From the /var/log/cron i see that it says this now:
Oct 25 23:35:01 server crond[13367]: (root) CMD (php /home/admin/clients.hostwoot.com/cron/cronjob.php --debug 2>&1 >> /ipanel_log/$(/bin/date +)

It looks like the command i put there is not working because i dont see any files there...

The cron:
php /home/***/cronjob.php --debug 2>&1 >> /ipanel_log/$(/bin/date +%d-%m-%Y).log

You need to escape percentage signs \% in crontab lines because they have a meaning to cron (see the manual for your crontab).
Whether either of the suggested solutions will then work depends on what shell your operating system uses for cron jobs. In general it is better to write a controlling script containing a shebang and any local environment settings and then call that script from cron.


Also, there are 6 parameters to a crontab line. Your example line does not look like a normal crontab line.

Thanks for all the help. I am extremely grateful for all the help you have provided.

I have got it working perfectly now