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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Crontab variable... Post 302085462 by giannicello on Thursday 17th of August 2006 10:37:48 AM
Old 08-17-2006
Crontab variable...
AIX,

Why does this work:
0 8 * * * export TEST=mytest;echo "Hello" > $HOME/$TEST.log 2>&1

But not this (or any variations thereof):

0 8 * * * export LOGFILE=$(date +%Y%m%d);echo "Hello" > $HOME/$LOGFILE.log 2>&1

Is it possible to set variables this way in cron?? It will work also if like this:

0 8 * * * ksh somefile.ksh;echo "Hello" > $HOME/$LOGFILE.log 2>&1

where somefile.ksh has "export LOGFILE=`date +%Y%m%d`" but I don't want to do it this way. I want to chain the commands in cron.

Gianni
Last edited by giannicello; 08-17-2006 at 11:47 AM..
 

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