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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting temporarily suspend crontab Post 302349954 by avronius on Wednesday 2nd of September 2009 11:18:30 AM
Old 09-02-2009
Sorry for not responding to this sooner...

Quote:
...and used your on and off switch command
Code:
$ ./manageCron -e backup  << enable
$ ./manageCron -d backup  << disable

and test output log was created whenever cron was enabled.
Sorry for the confusion, but this is not how the manageCron script works.

The command takes two arguments:
The first argument is the enable/disable flag.
You can use -d or --d or -disable or --disable to create a file.
You can use -e or --e or -enable or --enable to delete a file.

The second argument is the name of the file that you want created - this is the name of the file that cron will look for before starting the process that you are managing.
Code:
$ ./manageCron -e filename
$ ./manageCron -d filename

The process is simply the name of the file that you will be "touching" and then checking for in the crontab before running the script:
Code:
[ ! -f /var/tmp/croncontrol/filename ]

I hope that this helps - I'll send a message to you as well to ensure that you get this information.

Cheers,

- Avron
 

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backup_quit

BACKUP_QUIT(8)						       AFS Command Reference						    BACKUP_QUIT(8)

NAME

       backup_quit - Leaves interactive mode

SYNOPSIS

       quit [-help]

       q [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The backup quit command exits interactive mode, returning the issuer to the regular shell prompt at which the backup or backup interactive
       command was issued to enter interactive mode. The command has no effect when issued outside interactive mode. Issuing the Ctrl-D command
       also exits interactive mode.

CAUTIONS

       To exit interactive mode, all jobs must be completed. Use the backup jobs command to list any jobs currently pending or executing, and the
       backup kill command to terminate them as necessary.

OPTIONS

       -help
	   Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

EXAMPLES

       The following command exits interactive mode:

	  backup> quit
	  %

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       None

SEE ALSO

       backup(8), backup_interactive(8), backup_jobs(8), backup_kill(8)

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