Is this a task, that must be run regularly, or is it a service, that should be run always and the cron-job is only to make sure it starts again in case it terminates?
If it is the latter, a service definition would be better. I myself have no knowledge how a service is set up in Solaris.
To just debug your cron-entry after you followed Rudis advice, I suggest doing redirecting of the output:
Hi all,
I have a main script (called OracleCleanup) that runs some sql queries. that runs off a wrapper script which contains the sources for the login information and and JOB_HOME (the script is below). When I schedule this job in the cron the log says that it cannot open my list file, which... (4 Replies)
I am trying to run a sript on cron to SFTP data to a company. Private and public keys are set up.
When I run this manully it works fine, however it was failing when run on cron. I have narrowed down the problem - it fails at the code that says if the error code is 0 then continue
. . . I... (2 Replies)
Hi all
I have this inside a shell script (bash):
cd DIRECTORY
find . -maxdepth 1 | sed 's#./##' | /usr/bin/xargs -I '{}' chown -Rv '{}' /DIRECTORY/'{}'
All the directories in this location are named after usernames, so it simply sets the owner to that of the username of the folder.
It... (5 Replies)
Hello all,
I'm new here and have a question if you don't mind helping me. I have a script that will work if I kick if off manually but not from Cron. My cron entry is this:
05,20,35,50 * * * * /scripts/status.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
The first script (works fine) is this:
#!/bin/sh
#
#... (14 Replies)
Hello Every one,
I have a shell script which is running fine manually, but its giving me hard time when running tru cron job. :wall:.
Am using #!/usr/bin/ksh
>echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/ksh
Cron Job is as below, it execues but dosent do what i want it to do.
47 15 * * *... (1 Reply)
Hello Guys,
I have scratched my head alot on this but couldn't find clue what's wrong. Can you please help me with this? My problem is as following.
1) When I manually execute following script it runs successfully with below output.
bash-3.00# more smssend
#!/bin/bash
echo -e "<Request... (16 Replies)
Hello Team,
As a part of my job we have made a script to automate a service to restart frequently.
Script having two functions when executing it's should find the existing service and kill it, then start the same service . Verified the script it's working fine when executing... (18 Replies)
Hello Gurus,
I have written small script which will start the given service if its stop .Its running fine when manually executed but its unable to run from crontab.
#!/bin/bash
SERVICENAME=rsyslog
service $SERVICENAME status > /dev/null
SYSLOGSTATUS=`echo $?`
COUNT=0
THRESHOLD=3
if ... (4 Replies)
Hi Guys,
I am executing the script called Delet.sh manually it is successfully completing the task but it is failing to run vi cron tab, I tried to pass PATH & .profile before execution but no luck, Any suggestions?
Script below
#!/usr/bin/ksh
#set -x
# Purpose : Delete folders file from... (9 Replies)
Hello gurus,
I am making what I think is a simple db2 call from within a shell script but I am having difficulty producing the desired
report when I run the script shown below from a shell script in cron. For example, my script and the crontab file setup
is shown below:
#!/bin/ksh
db2... (3 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
cron
cron(8) System Manager's Manual cron(8)NAME
cron - The system clock daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/cron
DESCRIPTION
The cron daemon runs shell commands at specified dates and times. Commands that are to run according to a regular or periodic schedule are
found within the crontab files. Commands that are to run once only are found within the at files. You submit crontab and at file entries
by using the crontab and at commands. Because the cron process exits only when killed or when the system stops, only one cron daemon
should exist on the system at any given time. Normally, you start the cron daemon from within a run command file.
During process initialization and when cron detects a change, it examines the crontab and at files. This strategy reduces the overhead of
checking for new or changed files at regularly scheduled intervals. The cron command creates a log of its activities. The cron daemon
must be started from the system startup scripts because it must begin execution without a login user ID set. The cron daemon starts each
job with the following process attributes stored with the job by the invoking process: Login user ID Effective and real user IDs Effective
and real group IDs Supplementary groups
It also establishes the following attributes from the authentication profile of the account associated with the login user ID of the invok-
ing process: Audit control and disposition masks Kernel authorizations
DIAGNOSTICS
The at and batch programs will refuse to accept jobs submitted from processes whose login user ID is different from the real user ID.
FILES
Specifies the command path. Main cron directory Directory containing the crontab files. List of allowed users. List of denied users His-
tory information for cron Queue description file for at, batch, and cron
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: at(1), crontab(1), rc0(8), rc2(8), rc3(8)
Files: queuedefs(4) delim off
cron(8)