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Old 08-31-2010
Cron Log file
Hi
Iam new to unix .please help me in writing a script.Suppose there are 100 scripts in a cron file which are scheduled to run at different times,different dates . I need to monitor all the scripts daily whether they ran or not if ran whether its sucessfully ran or not .

if the script hasnt run or the scipt is not sucessfully run an email needs to generated .
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Old 08-31-2010
Check out /var/log/cron
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Old 08-31-2010
Hi
Can you please tell me how to check for each script entry is there in the cron log or not . Daily the file will be taken backup or howmany day's data will be stored in that
As if i have a script which is scheduled to run every day how can i check that?
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