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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echo(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands echo(1B)
NAME
echo - echo arguments to standard output
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/echo [-n] [argument]
DESCRIPTION
echo writes its arguments, separated by BLANKs and terminated by a NEWLINE, to the standard output.
echo is useful for producing diagnostics in command files and for sending known data into a pipe, and for displaying the contents of envi-
ronment variables.
For example, you can use echo to determine how many subdirectories below the root directory (/) is your current directory, as follows:
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o pipe the output through tr to translate the path's embedded slash-characters into space-characters
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example% /usr/bin/echo "echo $PWD | tr '/' ' ' | wc -w"
See tr(1) and wc(1) for their functionality.
The shells csh(1), ksh(1), and sh(1), each have an echo built-in command, which, by default, will have precedence, and will be invoked if
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ATTRIBUTES
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SEE ALSO
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NOTES
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