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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Rename/Move files and schedule the script Post 302291917 by hard aix on Thursday 26th of February 2009 02:52:39 PM

02-26-2009

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Two separate script files, but if you just have one command to execute at a certain time and another single command to execute later you can forgo the files and just put the single command in the crontab file.

crontab files contain entries like this:

Code:

00 19 * * 1-5 /root/ldap_slapcat_backup
00 18 * * * /usr/local/bin/divaliases 2>/var/log/divaliases.err
59 23 * * * /usr/bin/rcrepeater restart
0 18 * * * /bin/sh /srv/www/htdocs/set_perms.sh >/dev/null
0 5 * * * /usr/sbin/rcapache2 restart
0 3 * * * /usr/sbin/rcmysql restart
0 20 * * 1-5 /usr/local/bin/backup.sh
27 4,16 * * * /usr/local/f-prot/tools/check-updates.pl -cron -quiet

The first numbers and asterisks are codes to tell the system when to run the commands that follow. It goes something like this: minute hour dont_need_use* dont_need_use* day_of_week command...

in your case you can make (insert) two entries like this

Code:

01 18 * * 1-5 mv /path/to/somefile* /new/path/ 
01 19 * * 1-5 mv /new/path/somefile* /path/to/

that would copy files at 18:01, on monday(1) to friday(5)
and put them back at 19:01.

The command "crontab -e" wil open an editor (here it is vi) to allow editing of crontab entries. To just see them (if you already have some) use "crontab -l" . That will list them.

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crontab

CRONTAB(1)						      General Commands Manual							CRONTAB(1)

NAME

       crontab - maintain crontab files for individual users (ISC Cron V4.1)

SYNOPSIS

       crontab [-u user] file
       crontab [-u user] [-l | -r | -e]

DESCRIPTION

       Crontab	is  the  program  used	to install, deinstall or list the tables used to drive the cron(8) daemon in ISC Cron.	Each user can have
       their own crontab, and though these are files in /var, they are not intended to be edited directly.

       If the cron.allow file exists, then you must be listed therein in order to be allowed to use this command.  If the cron.allow file does not
       exist  but  the	cron.deny  file does exist, then you must not be listed in the cron.deny file in order to use this command.  If neither of
       these files exists, only the super user will be allowed to use this command.

       If the -u option is given, it specifies the name of the user whose crontab is to be tweaked.  If this option is not given, crontab examines
       "your"  crontab,  i.e.,	the  crontab of the person executing the command.  Note that su(8) can confuse crontab and that if you are running
       inside of su(8) you should always use the -u option for safety's sake.

       The first form of this command is used to install a new crontab from some named file or standard input  if  the	pseudo-filename  ``-''	is
       given.

       The -l option causes the current crontab to be displayed on standard output.

       The -r option causes the current crontab to be removed.

       The -e option is used to edit the current crontab using the editor specified by the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables.  After you exit
       from the editor, the modified crontab will be installed automatically.

SEE ALSO

       crontab(5), cron(8)

FILES

       /etc/cron.allow
       /etc/cron.deny

STANDARDS

       The crontab command conforms to IEEE Std1003.2-1992 (``POSIX'').  This new command syntax differs from previous versions of Vixie Cron,	as
       well as from the classic SVR3 syntax.

DIAGNOSTICS

       A fairly informative usage message appears if you run it with a bad command line.

AUTHOR

       Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org>

4th Berkeley Distribution					 29 December 1993							CRONTAB(1)

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