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Old 08-31-2010
Cron Monitoring
Hi
I have a script in cron entry
Code:
55 15-22 * * * /clocal/rcc/user/dgircc/bin/appcontext/dcClearAppContext.ksh TEST >/tmp/dcClearAppContext.out 2>&1

how can i monitor the script whether it has run each time thriygh or not ?
how can i monitor multiple scripts of this kind through a script .please help me .
Last edited by Scott; 08-31-2010 at 08:48 AM.. Reason: Added code tags
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Old 08-31-2010
check mail, cronjob error will be sent to mail. (Unix ID's mail)
# 3  
Old 08-31-2010
If the script ran with errors then it will send to mail but if it hasn't run atall then how can i check that?
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Old 08-31-2010
Code:
55 15-22 * * * /clocal/rcc/user/dgircc/bin/appcontext/dcClearAppContext.ksh TEST >/tmp/dcClearAppContext.out 2>&1 | mail 'user' ?

Last edited by Scott; 08-31-2010 at 08:49 AM.. Reason: Code tags
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Old 08-31-2010
you can also check the created time of file "dcClearAppContext.out "... if this is the latest time then it should have run....
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Old 09-01-2010
in debian family, you should have information about the cron job invocation in /var/log/syslog.
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