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# 1  
Old 12-11-2007
CPU & Memory getting the date in crontab command

Hi All,
There is a requirement to create a file everyday using the cronjob with the date as its name.

any suggestions for the crontab command that'll serve this purpose?

e.g.
Code:
02 30 * * * touch abcd.`date +%d.%m.%y`

needless to say.. this doesn't work..

looking fwd to lots of sugestions..Smilie
# 2  
Old 12-11-2007
Put all the logic in a script that you call from crontab.

Then you can setup the environment, set the current directory, test the script in isolation etc.
# 3  
Old 12-11-2007
Why not try preceding the commands with their path (eg. /usr/bin/touch abcd.`/usr/bin/date +%d.%m.%y`)?

I would also suggest putting your timestamp year.month.date, as your files will show up in order in ls listings then.
# 4  
Old 12-11-2007
Error may I be a li'l clearer?

I think that I was not clear about what I want here.

All that I want is to touch a file everyday at 2:30 with name as
Code:
day.12.11.2007

i have this example of..
Code:
30 02 * * * * * * touch /home/pranav/abcd-`date +%d.%m.%y`

`

but it doesn't work, leave alone do what i want..
expecting the date command should work as it does at the prompt, but seemingly commands between ` ` are not executed becuse it IS creating the file but as "abcd-". That's it.

@porter..
Sorry, I didn't get you.. if you'd understood and ur post is still applicable.

@prowla..
thanx for pointing out..

Last edited by pranavagarwal; 12-11-2007 at 05:50 AM.. Reason: elaboration
# 5  
Old 12-11-2007
Lightbulb ohh..

@porter..
ohh.. i did understand your post but only now.. Smilie
the point is to do it using a crontab.. i wouldn't have asked it else.. Smilie

Smiliethanxes..
# 6  
Old 12-12-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by pranavagarwal
Hi All,
There is a requirement to create a file everyday using the cronjob with the date as its name.

any suggestions for the crontab command that'll serve this purpose?

e.g.
Code:
02 30 * * * touch abcd.`date +%d.%m.%y`

needless to say.. this doesn't work..

looking fwd to lots of sugestions..Smilie
Not sure how useful this will be - AIX handles it just fine -

55 09 * * * touch `date +abcd.\%m.\%d.\%Y.dat`

Same thing in SUN doesn't. But an interesting problem.

If you leave off the backslashes, SUN treats the rest of the line following the % as a comment and ignores.

The only way I can think of to try and get around, is to put the command in a script, that you execute as a cron job.
# 7  
Old 12-12-2007
'man crontab' yeilds:
Code:
     The sixth field of a line in a crontab file is a string that
     is  executed  by the shell at the specified times. A percent
     character in this field (unless escaped by \) is  translated
     to a NEWLINE character.

 
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