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Operating Systems Solaris crontab entry not working Post 302555250 by jlliagre on Wednesday 14th of September 2011 09:06:26 AM

09-14-2011

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Originally Posted by Mani_apr08

Code:

30 * * * * /scripts/info.pl $HOME/GCSS/logs > /dev/null 2>&1

But its not working yet.

What is not working ? How do you conclude it doesn't ?

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Note: When i was added the script by the time I have faced issue as below
1) If I use crontab -l then i got cant open the script.
solved: I have open the crontab -l then pressed del key only .

Can you clarify what the delete key has to do with "crontab -l".

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2) If i open the crontab -e then I got 0 ,

That means the crontab file is empty.

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Solved: I have export the vi EDITOR then ok now.
After that I have opened then i got 96 number.

This is expected and the default behavior, i.e. ed is used to edit your crontab. "96" is the number of characters in your crontab file. You need to export EDITOR with an editor you are familiar with.

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