Am trying to write a script that will monitor `cron`, obviously this can only be done from another box (so I've figured) but I'm having a spot of bother...
We have two SCO 5.0.5 Unix boxes (.82 & .84).
I have the following script running on the .82 box presently.. being run from cron every 15... (1 Reply)
Hi All
I am trying to run a .sh file from cron but its not performing its intended purpose, though the same sh file works fine when triggered manually.Following mail I recieve when it tries to run the script.
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Hi,
Anyone please let me know how to add an entry for crontab while there are few of entries already in.
When I execute crontab -e, the entries which are added already are displayed. But, I need to add one more entry to the crontab and then after that I need to remove the entry without... (1 Reply)
I run cron in solaris 10 zone. One cron job which syncing files to nfs mounted on container, creates after finishing another cron proccess(/usr/sbin/cron), and after 100 existing cron proccesses next cron job will not start. It's too weird for me, I'm not able to solve this problem. Theoretically... (3 Replies)
I have to monitor several processes in my application .
i get the listing of these processes using the command ps -ax
i want to write a shell script that will monitor the processes and if a
process goes missing then it will send an email to my gmail account.
I want to run this... (6 Replies)
Hi
I have a script in cron entry
55 15-22 * * * /clocal/rcc/user/dgircc/bin/appcontext/dcClearAppContext.ksh TEST >/tmp/dcClearAppContext.out 2>&1
how can i monitor the script whether it has run each time thriygh or not ?
how can i monitor multiple scripts of this kind through a script... (5 Replies)
Hi ,
I have removed a cron for particular user , but cron job seems to be running even after the cron entry is removed. The purpose of the cron was to sendmail to user ( it uses mailx utility )
I have restarted cron and sendmail service still user is getting mail alerts from the cron job. And... (4 Replies)
Hi,
1)
If some job supposed to run on 1st of every month at 7 AM
In cron job when we have a blackout on the 1st ( i.e when 1st falls on a sunday ) how can we make the job run the next business day?
2) How can we run a job on 25th of every quarter 7 AM(jan,apr,jul,oct)
And if 25th... (5 Replies)
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apticron
apticron(1) General Commands Manual apticron(1)NAME
apticron - Generate a mail listing packages which are pending an upgrade
SYNOPSIS
apticron [--cron]
DESCRIPTION
apticron is a shell script which generates a mail with a list of all packages currently pending an upgrade, as well as summary of changes -
using apt-listchanges - to a configurable Email address.
apticron is mainly intended for automatic notification of pending security updates but can also be used in many other situations where
timely updates are necessary.
The --cron option is only meant to be used when invoked by cron in order to run no more than once a day.
FILES
/etc/apticron/apticron.conf
Configuration file, Email address to mail and profile for use with apt-listchanges are configurable.
/etc/cron.d/apticron
Cron job for executing apticron daily.
/etc/cron.daily/apticron
Fallback cron script for executing apticron (if no crond running or system down at designated time).
/var/lib/misc/apticron.cron
Time stamp file used by apticron when invoked with --cron option.
SEE ALSO apt-get(8), apt-listchanges(1), cron(8)AUTHOR
Apticron was initially developed by Colm MacCarthaigh <colm.maccarthaigh@heanet.ie> with contributions from Marc Sherman <msherman@projec-
tile.ca>. Since 2006 it is maintained and improved by Tiago Bortoletto Vaz <tiago@debian.org>.
apticron(1)