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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a script that emails me when I run it manually, but the crontab I'm using must be 'silencing' the output? Here's what I have:
*/15 * * * * /usr/src/blah.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
I don't want it to email me every time it runs, just when I run the sendmail command inside the script if the... (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: unclecameron
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
HI,
I am using centos 6 and finding difficultly in doing 2 below things.
1. i have a user praveen i want to allow him to create cron job of his own. so i have added his user id in cron.allow but still it is not allowing him to edit(even if i have created praveen from root user) or create his... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: praveenkumar198
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3. Solaris
Hello Guru's
I'm trying to take the output of solaris top command and output to a txt file every few minutes. The issue that I'm experiencing is that I can run the following:
#!/bin/bash
#
logfile="/usr/mvf/morris/top.log"
# echo... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: littlemorris
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4. Solaris
Hi Experts,
I would like to know, what does "2>&1" do in crontab?
example:
* * * * * /export/user/home/test.sh >> /export/user/home/logtest.log 2>&1
My colleague told me the commabd 2>&1 mean to prevent crontab sending an email (sendmail on /var/mail/root) when the script failed. So, if... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: edydsuranta
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Help!
I am using sed to convert text files into easily viewed html tables.
I have managed all except converting the email addresses to mailto: links.
Multiple email addresses exist within the files, either preceded by a space or > (as part of HTML tag), and followed by either space or <
I've... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Nigel_R
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
while we editing the cron at the end of the cron what is the purpose of giving 2 >&1 (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: senmak
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there,
I'm using crontab to move some files every minute, but when crontab doesn't find these files it sends a message to the file "user_name" in the directory "var/spool/mail". Is it possible to "bypass" this problem?
Thanks in advance,
Giordano Bruno (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Giordano Bruno
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8. Solaris
I have 3 solaris 9 servers
1 allows me to use MAILTO in the crontab, but the other 2 dont.
Error
MAILTO=oracle
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
crontab: errors detected in input, no crontab file generated.
Any Ideas?? (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: raza
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Im a beginner in shell scripting, but I figured if I wanted the right answer, this is the place to come.
I've written a script that basically executes a command and sends the result to a standard output > ???log.log. I just wanted to know if I could put the MailTo command somewhere in the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Itsaboutme
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10. Solaris
Does any one knows a work around for the crontab bug when connecting using ssh to a Solaris 8 system?
When you submit a crontab job through a ssh session, the job will not be executed, SunSolve has reported no fixing patches? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Negm
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