This will tell cron to run /path/to/script.sh on minute 0 of every hour, day, month, and weekday.
If the script doesn't run quite properly from cron, it's probably because cron's default PATH is much more minimal than a user would have, either hardcode a sane PATH in the script (export PATH="...") or read in /etc/profile with . /etc/profile
hi..
i wolud like to know if it´s possible use the crontab command in my script.
the idea is what the script starts automatically, but i don´t know how to do it.
please, help me....
thanks
jonathan (1 Reply)
I know my question maybe eazy, but it realy cause a problem for me
I have a Perl script to run and get some output, I run this script using perl /moutaz/ciscolog/telnet.pl
I made another script as follow:(/moutaz/ciscolog/script)
#!/bin/bash
perl /moutaz/ciscolog/telnet.pl
cp... (6 Replies)
hi,
how can I add a new value to crontab file using a script not using the command " crontab -e " .
ex:
echo " 10 10 * * * " >> /var/spoll/cron/crontabs/<username>
how can I do that in a correct way??
thanks, (3 Replies)
Hi,
How to add a cron job in /etc/crontab using a shell script.??:confused:
Actually the requirement is we need to run a script say, XXX.sh every 10 min through “cron”.
That can be achieved by adding the below code line in the /etc/crontab , (i.e., “crontab -e ” command to add this to the... (4 Replies)
Hi
I have successfukky created a sh script that runs perfectly well when run. It contains within a pl script that when run through a crontab will not run. Are there restrictions running a pl in cron? (14 Replies)
hi All, here is the problem: I'm not able to specify a PATH inside the user crontab file (/var/spool/cron/crontabs). The only syntax it accepts is the usual "* * * * * file" I'm not able to add PATH, or HOME, or MAILTO, or anything else. when I try to save the crontab, I have the error: ... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
I am running a script to find the CPU and memory utilization of the server. Script name is atul. When i run this script then it gives the desired output as DATE, CPU and MEMORY utilization....as mentioned below:
$
$ cat atul
A=`date| cut -d" " -f1-4; top -d 1 -n 1 | awk '/^CPU... (5 Replies)
Hi guys
Can someone help me with a crontab script please?
I have to sort the files from /bin and put the first 3 of then (with size and path) in /home/user/bin_size
i write the command:
find /bin/ | xargs ls -lS | awk 'FNR<4{print($5, $9)}' > /home/user/bin_size which is working but when I... (2 Replies)
Hi guys
Can someone help me with a crontab script please?
I have to sort the files from /bin and put the first 3 of then (with size and path) in /home/user/bin_size
i write the command:
find /bin/ | xargs ls -lS | awk 'FNR<4{print($5, $9)}' > /home/user/bin_size
which is working but when... (6 Replies)
I have crontab setup via crontab -e
I was wondering if its possible to create a cron job from a script so when the script is run the cron job is created? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: scriptnewbie
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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)