1) do what you expect from cron: write logs. The cron log logs the cron activity, not the activity of the processes started by it. Put some logging messages into your script and write your own log to find out where it goes wrong, like this:
Then analyze the content of $logfile and find out where it went off track, hence reducing the scope of your analysis. rearrange the log messages to monitor more closely the part where it went wrong, etc., etc....
2) Take the measure Nr 1 for all problems of the i-have-written-a-script-and-it-works-but-i-put-it-in-cron-and-it-failed-type: set that damn environment because cron won't do it for you!
Hi,
I want to run my shrip for every 30 min..
if i enter crontab -l i am getting following..
00,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /home/arbuser/temp2/perform/per.sh
00,15,40,35,50 * * * * sh home/arbuser/temp2/perform/per.sh
if I enter like this :
ps -ef |grep cron
root 311454 1 0... (3 Replies)
I am having a problem running a shell within CRON. It will run successfully if I do not inject a .profile into the entry. However, the second I place a . profile in front of the shell, the job does not execute. Any ideas? (4 Replies)
The cron daemon on one of my HP boxes is giving the following error:
I checked the queuedefs man page, and it has left me a bit confused. The man page says:
So this means that no more than 100 cronjobs can be run at one time (we do not use at and batch on this system).
The... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I've just done a school boy error.
I was trying to edit the crontab but instead of using:
crontab -e
I used crontab -r without realising. Then went to look at the crontab but ntohing their. Looked int he manual and -r removed the crontab.
Is their any way of getting this back??
... (3 Replies)
Hi frnds...
I m facing very irritating problem already waisted my 2 days..
I have a following script..( i am pasting only the main code)
ftp -ivn 213.194.40.77 <<FTP
user $user $password
binary
cd $FileDir/out
lcd $localpath
get $file
rename $FileDir/out/$file $FileDir/tmp/$file... (7 Replies)
I'm using Red Hat and I need to get cron working and I'm not sure what the problem is. As a test I've done the following:
1) In /etc/cron.d I've created a file called date with the following contents
2) */1 * * * * root date >> /root/thedate
3) This works perfectly. It sends the date every... (1 Reply)
Hello folks,
I've got a few cron jobs listed under a particular user id. They are running fine but then they are creating a new process every time they are running. Any idea folks? (3 Replies)
Hi i am new here and have a quick question.
i am receiving ./project.sh: line 12: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
./project.sh: line 12: `echo "`date +"%F %R"` `md5sum /etc/passwd`" >> '
error message
here is my script. could you please help!
#!/bin/bash
# PROGRAM:... (4 Replies)
Just wanted to know, what happens if a user exists in both files cron.allow and cron.deny.
Will the user be able to set cron?
Thanks,
Deepak (7 Replies)
Hello gurus,
I am making what I think is a simple db2 call from within a shell script but I am having difficulty producing the desired
report when I run the script shown below from a shell script in cron. For example, my script and the crontab file setup
is shown below:
#!/bin/ksh
db2... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: okonita
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
strclean
strclean(1M) System Administration Commands strclean(1M)NAME
strclean - STREAMS error logger cleanup program
SYNOPSIS
strclean [-a age] [-d logdir]
DESCRIPTION
strclean is used to clean up the STREAMS error logger directory on a regular basis (for example, by using cron. By default, all files with
names matching error.* in /var/adm/streams that have not been modified in the last three days are removed.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-a age The maximum age in days for a log file can be changed using the -a option.
-d logdir A directory other than /var/adm/streams can be specified using the -d option.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 A sample of using the strclean command.
This example has the same result as running strclean with no arguments:
example% strclean -d /var/adm/streams -a 3
FILES
/var/adm/streams/error.*
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO cron(1M), strerr(1M), attributes(5)NOTES
strclean is typically run from cron on a daily or weekly basis.
SunOS 5.11 14 Sep 1992 strclean(1M)