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Operating Systems AIX How to create a sym link pointing a changing name. Post 302447069 by vra5107 on Friday 20th of August 2010 09:08:05 PM
Old 08-20-2010
How to create a sym link pointing a changing name.

Hello

A new file is created every day with the date appended to the end of a name. We are using Autosys to run jobs which watches for the file and runs jobs. But Autosys does not have the capability to figure out the current date.

I tried creating a symlink like this

ln -s /vas/data/EXT`date +"%y%m%d"`.txt /opt/avs/file

But since the link was created on 19th, it is pointing to /vas/data/EXT100819 as opposed to current day's file.

Is there a way t create symlinks for filenames that change. If not what is the best way to achive this?

Thanks
 

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atq(1)								   User Commands							    atq(1)

NAME
atq - display the jobs queued to run at specified times SYNOPSIS
atq [-c] [-n] [username...] DESCRIPTION
The atq utility displays the at jobs queued up for the current user. at(1) is a utility that allows users to execute commands at a later date. If invoked by a user with the solaris.jobs.admin authorization, atq will display all jobs in the queue. If no options are given, the jobs are displayed in chronological order of execution. When an authorized user invokes atq without specifying username, the entire queue is displayed; when a username is specified, only those jobs belonging to the named user are displayed. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -c Displays the queued jobs in the order they were created (that is, the time that the at command was given). -n Displays only the total number of jobs currently in the queue. FILES
/var/spool/cron/atjobs spool area for at jobs. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
at(1), atrm(1), auths(1), cron(1M), auth_attr(4), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 13 Aug 1999 atq(1)
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