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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
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)
Discussion started by: System Admin 77
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying a cron on root user to backup to tape using TAR command
here is the cron entry
11 08 * * 6 /erdhot1cron 2>&1 >> /test3/scripts/dba/erdhot1cron.log
here is script inside - edhot1cron
#!/bin/bash
vsysdt=`date +%d%m%y`
date
tar -cvf /dev/st0... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: vijaymec50
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there,
I need to create a crone job to backup certain files on my disk without root permissions.
Also if I will be able to edit cronetab then I need to know how to edit it with any editor other than vim :mad: (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: aelhosiny
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have a requirement to write a shell script,that will check the all commented job in cron job.Please help !! (2 Replies)
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5. Solaris
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)
Discussion started by: chidori
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I want to execute a cron job everyday at 14:50 hrs. I have a script like this:
TMP_FILE="/tmp/tmpcron.txt"
RES=0
/usr/bin/crontab -l >> $TMP_FILE
ADD_JOB="50 14 * * * /opt/mypath/scriptname.sh"
grep "scriptname.sh" $TMP_FILE >> /dev/null
JOB_NOT_EXIST=$?
if test $JOB_NOT_EXIST... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: saurabhkoar
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I've been bashing my head on the desk for 2 days trying to get this to work, but I've had no luck. I'll try to be as clear as possible in my explanation without dragging out the details. I'm trying to set up a cron job for user "john" which runs a script. This script initiates an ssh connection to... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: eh3civic
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8. Solaris
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)
Discussion started by: ron76
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
can anybody explain the usage of CRON for adding a cron job. please provide an example also for better understanding !!!
Thanks (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: skyineyes
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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I am running a few scripts through a cron job. This is for checking some key services that are running on by box. The problem is, everytime the cron runs, it sends a mail to the root account. The root account mails need to cleared every now and then. Is there some way I can stop these... (1 Reply)
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