1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

HI, I need to schedule a no.of jobs using the cron facility. I currently do two kinds of scheduling,one based on the database load(after the database is loaded the program will start) and the other is based on time.....(say 10.00a.m daily) the problem is.......... When the database is loaded... (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Instead of the first five fields, one of eight special strings may appear: string meaning ------ ------- @reboot Run once, at startup. @yearly Run once a year, "0 0 1 1 *". @annually (same as @yearly) @monthly Run once a month, "0 0 1 * *". @weekly Run once... (2 Replies)

3. Solaris

Hi , I am trying to set up a cron job for getting the prstats for every 10 minutes to a log file. prstat -s cpu -n 20 > a.txt The issue is when i try to execute this command, a.txt is filling up with data for every second which is not i wanted.I just need top 20 processes for every 10... (2 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, How to write the recursive function. I have a script, #!/usr/bin/ksh ## name=$1 outputfile='output.log' sqlplus -s > ${outputfile} <<__END__ ${USER}/${PASS}@${DB} WHENEVER SQLERROR EXIT SQL.SQLCODE ROLLBACK WHENEVER OSERROR EXIT FAILURE ROLLBACK SET ECHO ON SET SERVEROUTPUT... (3 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I am new to cron jobs.. i wanted to schedule a cron job that wil send a mail to me at 3:00PM on 10th August ie is on Wednesday. 0 15 10 8 3 echo "message from UNIX here"|mail -s "your subject here" user@user.com However this was not executed... Can anyone please... (0 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, How to setup cronjob to run first wednesday of every month. Is there a way? Thanks.. (9 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, Can anyone help me out with scheduling a cron job for the below: i wnated to delete file from a folder on every sunday at 05:00 AM this is code i have used. ******************************************************* 0 05 * * 0 find /abc/xyz/pqrs/bak/ -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -f... (5 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, Is there any way (any utility) to schedule a job to run once in a week on RedHat Linux ? Note- Do not using Crontab. Thanks Pravin (1 Reply)

9. HP-UX

Hope you can help with a queuy i have. Server OS is HP-UX my cron runs like this: * * * * * /test/scripts/1_min_jobs.sh 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /test/scripts/jobs_5mins.sh 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null 0,15,30,45 * * * *... (10 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

HI Guys I need one shell script to be scheduled to run one shell script to be executed automatically every Wednesday at 10 AM Without crontab and "at" command.. Could you provide your suggestions ? Thanks and Regards kshitij Kulshreshtha (6 Replies)