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:
Need help from the experts. (I am using SunOS / Solaris 5.10 - Bourne shell) Thanks.
hi All,
here the problem: I'm not able to specify a PATH inside the crontab file.
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:
"crontab: error on previous line;... (3 Replies)
Hi Guys,
Our user crontab files are located at /var/spool/cron/crontabs.
I have to make some modifications to it.
I have all the crontab entries in a file called 'crontab.actual'. I made changes to this file and now I want to reload these changes from the crontab.actual file to my crontab... (12 Replies)
Hi:
I have a requirement as below:
I have some standard Unix commands modified and kept them in a directory say /usr/clsh/bin. For example I have a script named "ls" kept here which is modified version of "ls" (say it always gives long listing i.e. ls -l).
When any user logs on and types... (2 Replies)
Hello Folks,
I want to append a path in user's PATH variable which should be available in current session.
Background
Numerous persons will run a utility.
Aim is to add the absolute path of the utility the first time it runs so that next runs have the PATH in env & users can directly run... (6 Replies)
Hi All,
Ref: "build crontab from a text file" in same forum. (I am not allowed to post URL's in the first post)
We are reorganizing our UNIX Crontab file by first making changes in a word pad text file. The intent is to then copy it back to Crontab. Will this work? Copy and Paste does not... (6 Replies)
I am trying to add path for root.
In /etc directory there is no .bash_profile file
it has only profile file
can any one say how to add path for root user ?
is it possible to add path in profile file for root user. (18 Replies)
Hi!
We are on AIX 6.1 TL6
I am an Admin for a Content Management application that is hosted on an AIX machine and i am supposed to come up with a cronjob that runs every monday at 03:00 am.
The current schedule of that cron job is :
3 * * 1,3,5 /path/of/script.sh
But i do not know... (5 Replies)
Hi,
Im trying to run script A which requires path /sbin.
I have a crontab entry to run script A every 10 minutes.
Script A is executed fine by cron, but because script A requires /sbin in its path it fails to run.
My situation is script A get overwritten from time to time so I can't modify... (4 Replies)
This may not be the right place, since it is not exactly unix or linux, but it does involve cygwin. I have two cygwin installations. When I start a mintty terminal, I need to toggle a windows path variable to make sure that the correct cygwin dll gets loaded.
I need to add
C:\cygwin\bin
to the... (3 Replies)
I'm curious to know how do I add an empty log file (test1.log) to an existing text file to monitor all the changes made to a.txt.
Is this expression
export PATH=$PATH:/home/test1.log
right to be added to the text file a.txt? (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: TestKing
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
crontab
CRONTAB(1) BSD General Commands Manual CRONTAB(1)NAME
crontab -- maintain crontab files for individual users (ISC Cron V4.1)
SYNOPSIS
crontab [-u user]
crontab [-elr]
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/cron, they are not intended to be edited directly.
If the /var/cron/allow file exists, then you must be listed therein in order to be allowed to use this command. If the /var/cron/allow file
does not exist but the /var/cron/deny file does exist, then you must not be listed in the /var/cron/deny file in order to use this command.
If neither of these files exists, depending on the compiled in settings, only the super user will be allowed to use this command, or everyone
will be allowed to use this command. On NetBSD everyone is allowed to use this command.
The default maximum size for a crontab is 256 kilobytes, but this may be changed for all users on the system by putting the desired maximum
size (in bytes) in the /var/cron/maxtabsize file.
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(1) can confuse crontab and that if you are running
inside of su(1) 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.
FILES
/var/cron/allow Optional list of users that are allowed to use crontab.
/var/cron/deny Optional list of users that are disallowed to use crontab.
/var/cron/maxtabsize Maximum size of crontab files. Defaults to 256 kilobytes.
/var/cron/tabs/ Directory containing the individual user crontab files, named after the user.
DIAGNOSTICS
A fairly informative usage message appears if you run it with a bad command line.
SEE ALSO crontab(5), cron(8)STANDARDS
The crontab command conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2''). This new command syntax differs from previous versions of Vixie Cron, as well
as from the classic Version 3 AT&T UNIX syntax.
AUTHORS
Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org>
BSD May 6, 2010 BSD