1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hello: If I want to run a crontab every hour between 9 am to 9pm, will this work 00 09-19 * * * /.../.../../program.sh If the above does not work, what should it be ?? Thanks, ST2000 (4 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have a script that is being called from cron job . This script further call 3 scripts which runs in the background . main script ( called from cron ) { script1 & script2 & script3 & } How to know when the main script is over ?? (3 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

need help to write crontab my crontabe file every minute to rsh and check that it is running or not i want to change it on every 1o minute please help me example of my crontab #check if system is running * * * * * rsh metal3 /users/test/run.server i want to check that every 10... (2 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a script for pinging the switches and giving me the report:- #!/usr/local/bin/perl #!/bin/ksh #!/usr/bin #etc `source /export/home/chinnigd/.profile`; @names = `cat switches|cut -f1 -d' '`; @ip = `cat switches|cut -f2 -d' '`; $num = @names; $re ="Empty"; $i = 0; $flag = 0; while... (3 Replies)

5. Solaris

hi guys , i need some help i want to set cron job for every sunday , of each month so any body plz help or this proble :confused: (1 Reply)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All I have a requirement to schedule my script through cron tab. I have 2 scripts to schedule. Case1:My script should run every day in the server.It should be triggered in every 2 mins interval.i.e suppose i implemented the script now my script should run every 2 mins.How can i... (6 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I am required to make a crontab entry, I have the below requirement: 1. It should execute at 06:15 12:00 and 18:30 2. It should execute every day of the month for all the 30 days I am going to add the below entry in the crontab file. 15,0,30 6,12,18 * * 0-6 cd... (3 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, We have a couple of jobs are scheduled in CRONTAB. Now. I want generate a report for each job how many times ran successful and failed in a 1 month of time period. is there any way to find in CRONTAB. Please advise on this. (1 Reply)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have a cron tab file , which executes a particular script in a scheduled time and creates a output file. Since the cron tab file was created by the root , there is no access permission( for the output files) for other users irrespective of the default directory permission on which the... (5 Replies)

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi, In a cron tab, can the command to be executed contain parametrs for the script too? E.g: ******* ./script.sh file fil2 > /dev/null Is the above valid one? Thanks You have 37 posts - you should know how and when to use code tags. You got a PM with instructions. (1 Reply)