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# 1  
Old 05-24-2010
Issue with touch command
Hi,

I have a touch command in my script which creates / updates a file TODAY. Then i try to find the list of files which are newer than this TODAY file.


Code:
touch `date '+%m%d'`0000 TODAY
cd /auto/users-35/p494856/learning/filetransfer/
find . -name "*csv" -newer /auto/users-35/p494856/learning/scripts/TODAY -exec ls -ltr {} \; > temp.txt

This script is working fine when I execute it manually through prompt.

Code:
arun's dev >sh check_list.sh

But when I try to execute this script using a cron job, it is not working.

Here is what i mentioned in the cron.txt
Code:
53 5 * * 1-5 /auto/users-35/p494856/learning/scripts/cash_ladder_check_list.sh

Then i gave crontab cron.txt..

When the job is executed, I couldnt see the TODAY file updated...

Could someone help me out in this?

Regards
Arun
# 2  
Old 05-24-2010
Have you written following line at the begining of your script :

Code:
#!/usr/bin/sh

Also add the exect full path to "TODAY" :
Code:
touch `date '+%m%d'`/auto/users-35/p494856/learning/scripts/TODAY

If yes the post the exect script...

Smilie
Last edited by Reboot; 05-24-2010 at 07:17 AM.. Reason: Missed one more point..
# 3  
Old 05-24-2010
Hi,

Here is the script-

Code:
 

#! /bin/sh

touch `date '+%m%d'`0000 TODAY
cd /auto/users-35/p494856/learning/filetransfer/
find . -name "*csv" -newer /auto/users-35/p494856/learning/scripts/TODAY -exec ls -ltr {} \; > temp.txt

The above script is placed under the path /auto/users-35/p494856/learning/scripts/

Regards
Arun

---------- Post updated at 06:58 AM ---------- Previous update was at 06:34 AM ----------

Hi,

You are right... I added the path name for the TODAY file in the script.

Its working fine now...

Thanks
Arun
# 4  
Old 05-24-2010
Hi Arun,
It is a good practice to always use full path name for file ordirectory, when you want the script to be run by cron....SmilieSmilie

Because cron daemon starts the script in the home directory of root.
Suppose root is having home directory "/root".Then your script will be started as :

Code:
/root# /bin/sh /path/of/the/script     ---->>> WHERE /root IS THE WORKING DIRECTORY FOR CRON DAEMON.

SmilieSmilie
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