1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

For some reason, I get the following error message when I do a crontab -l: bt299m02!tier2 crontab -l crontab: Cannot run 'crontab' except under your login UID I verify that I am logged in as root with the id command: bt299m02!tier2 id uid=0(root) gid=1(other) A quick snapshot of my... (5 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I'm posting the line I just added to my crontab because it's my first and I want to be sure it's doing what I'm intending it to do. 59 23 0 * 1-5 /export/<many_directories_later...>/scripts/get_clientkpi.sh Supposed to do: Run script at 11:59pm every night, except weekends. Question: If I wish... (4 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I wish to seach a Dir for a specific file, once the file is found i will perform additional logic. If the file is not found within two hours, i would like to exit. Logically, I'm looking for the best way to approach this Thanks for any assistance in advance. Note: I'm using a C shell and... (2 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All, Can any one please help in setting up crontab where the crontab entries are in a file say "crontabentries" How to delete the crontab entries and how to register a file to crontab. thanks Satish (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I have one script. It should be scheduled in the crontab to run from 4th day to last day of every month. I mean it should not run only on 1st, 2nd and 3rd of every month. how can i schedule in the crontab? Does the following works fine? 0 10 4-31 * * myscript.sh can anybody... (3 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to check when was the last time the crontab was updated and also what was the modification done ? (2 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am a unix newbie. I need to write a script to check wheteher another script is still running. If it is, then sleep for 30m and then check again if the script is running. If the script has stopped running then, I need to come out of the loop. I am using RHEL 5.2 (2 Replies)

8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Advance Thanks. (1) I would like to know any unix/Linux command to check EOF char in a file. (2) Or Any way I can check a file has been reached completely at machine B from machine A. Note that machine A ftp/scp the file to machine B at unknown time. (5 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Do you know how can I get all check in and check out comments for a period of time with Surround SCM CLI ---------- Post updated at 02:00 AM ---------- Previous update was at 01:56 AM ---------- Do you have NAnt tasks that allow us to access Evolution from an NAnt build script? (0 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Experts, I am checking how to get day in Perl. If it is “Monday” I need to process…below is the pseudo code. Can you please prove the code for below condition. if (today=="Monday" ) { while (current_time LESS THAN 9:01 AM) ... (1 Reply)