The % character has a special meaning in crontab entries.
You need to escape each % as \%;
'text1%text2' becomes 'text1'\%'text2' and "text3%text4" becomes "text3"\%"text4" (i.e. two strings with a \% in between).
becomes
This is so ugly that you better put the original code in an executable script, and run the script from the crontab.
Last edited by MadeInGermany; 01-21-2013 at 07:48 AM..
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Hi,
I have put the following entry in crontab and it is NOT working
1 * * * * && /mybin/myjob.sh
As today is Sep 26th, Iam using NF-4 to test.
Thanks (2 Replies)
hello all, i came accross an aptitude question ..
int
main()
{
int a = 10, b = 20, c = 30;
printf("%d\t%d\t%d");
}
it gives output
30 20 10
what is the reason of such behaviour of printf().
thank you. (7 Replies)
I have a script which name is sicaklik.sh
It is in the root directory.
I can run manually but I want to run automatically every 3 minutes but it is not working. WHY?
#whoami
root
#crontab -l
#ident "@(#)root 1.21 04/03/23 SMI"
3 * * * * sh ./sicaklik.sh
#ls -l sicaklik*... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I had setup crontab to execute my script every day midnight 00:00
Below are the current settings.
crontab -l
0 0 * * * /apps/bin/compress.ksh_moht > /dev/null 2>&1
Should it not work?
I need help fix this? (8 Replies)
I can run manually script of ntopdump.sh but crontab can't run this script very five minutes.
# crontab -l
*/3 * * * * root sh /root/ping.sh
*/5 * * * * root sh /root/ntopdump.sh
#
# pwd
/root
# ls -l
total 88
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 1645 Jun 14 19:01 anaconda-ks.cfg
drwxrwxr-x 2 root... (14 Replies)
Hi,
When I set the crontab to run every minute, every hour, it works fine.
* * * * * env > /tmp/env.output
However I want to run it every day at 8:00 AM and it does not run.
* 8 * * * env > /tmp/env.output
I ran the 'date' command which says it's 8AM PST and also the 'TZ'... (0 Replies)
Hi,
I know this is a common topic. I'm trying to launch a perl script using a contab -e entry. I've been trying diff options but nothing seems to work:
My cron is running:
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 3755 1 0 Nov27 ? 00:00:00 crond
This... (4 Replies)
Dear All,
this script was working well enough few days back. Now it started acting up.
Could anyone please throw some lights about what may be the reason for it's not working.
ts=$( printf "%(%s)T" "now" )
under debug mode this is what I get
printf "%(%s)T" "now"
++ printf '%(%s)T'... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a script with deatils as :
$ ls -ld catch_logs.sh
-rwx--x--x 1 muser muser 752 Jun 5 22:36 catch_logs.sh
User crontab looks likes:
$ crontab -l
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
* * * * * /opt/scripts/catch_logs.sh
Now if I run this script... (7 Replies)
Dear Friends,
I have Red Hat Linux Enterprise version 6.3. running SAP and oracle.
I have created one crontab for user orasid to execute one job periodically.
But it is not executing. I have checked crontab service is running.
Please help in the matter.
Regards,
Bhagawati Pandey (5 Replies)
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service
service(8) System Manager's Manual service(8)NAME
service - run a System V init script
SYNOPSIS
service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]
service --status-all
service --help | -h | --version
DESCRIPTION
service runs a System V init script in as predictable environment as possible, removing most environment variables and with current working
directory set to /.
The SCRIPT parameter specifies a System V init script, located in /etc/init.d/SCRIPT. The supported values of COMMAND depend on the
invoked script, service passes COMMAND and OPTIONS it to the init script unmodified. All scripts should support at least the start and
stop commands. As a special case, if COMMAND is --full-restart, the script is run twice, first with the stop command, then with the start
command.
service --status-all runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with the status command.
If the init script file does not exist, the script tries to use legacy actions. If there is no suitable legacy action found and COMMAND is
one of actions specified in LSB Core Specification, input is redirected to the systemctl. Otherwise the command fails with return code 2.
FILES
/etc/init.d
The directory containing System V init scripts.
ENVIRONMENT
LANG, TERM
The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.
SEE ALSO chkconfig(8), ntsysv(8), systemd(1), systemctl(8), systemd.service(5)
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