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# 8  
Old 05-15-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahamed101
sh: /dir/<script>: cannot execute SmilieIs it what I think it is????

Please post the output od crontab -l from your login. Note, each user has their own cron space

regards,
Ahamed
It seems permission related to me (think someone else said it could be that above).

I'm not at my work PC atm, but the output of crontab -l is...

35 14 *** /directory/<scriptname>
# 9  
Old 05-15-2011
Is it exactly like this? Shouldn't you replace directory and <scriptname> appropriately? That is what the error says or did you edit it to keep it confidential? Sorry if I am mistaken.

regards,
Ahamed
# 10  
Old 05-15-2011
You're right, I had to edit it to keep it confidential (although, no one could really do anything by just knowing the dir and script name I guess...).

Other than <directory> and <scriptname>, the output of crontab -l is exactly

PS anything I have posted in this tread which contains <>, means I have removed something to keep things a bit confidential.

I need to have a chat with the admins, they claim they gave me the correct rights to run crontab but I don't believe them. Smilie

Cheers for your help.

Regards,
# 11  
Old 05-15-2011
FYI,
Quote:
Crontab File:
crontab syntax :
A crontab file has five fields for specifying day ,date and time followed by the command to be run at that interval.
* * * * * command to be executed
- - - - -
| | | | |
| | | | +----- day of week (0 - 6)(Sunday=0)
| | | +------- month (1 - 12)
| | +--------- day of month (1 - 31)
| +----------- hour (0 - 23)
+------------- min (0 - 59)


*in the value field above means all legal values as in braces for that column.
The value column can have a * or a list of elements separated by commas. An element is either a number in the ranges shown above or two numbers in the range
separated by a hyphen (meaning an inclusive range).
Note
� Repeat pattern like /2 for every 2 minutes or /10 for every 10 minutes is not supported by all operating systems. If you try to use it and crontab complains it is probably not supported.
� The specification of days can be made in two fields: month day and weekday. If both are specified in an entry, they are cumulative meaning both of the entries will get executed .
Crontab Example
A line in crontab file like below removes the core files from /home/someuser/ each day at 6:30 PM.
30 18 * * * rm /home/someuser/core

Changing the parameter values as below will cause this command to run at different time schedule below :

Min Hour day/Month Month day/week Execution TImeay
30 0 1 1,6,12 * - 00:30 Hrs on 1st of Jan, June & Dec.
0 20 * 10 1-5 -8.00 PM every weekday (Mon-Fri) only in Oct.
0 0 1,10,15 * * - midnight on 1st ,10th & 15th of month
5,10 0 10 * 1 - At 12.05,12.10 every Monday & on 10th of every month
month


day/week

Execution time
Last edited by sivarajb; 05-16-2011 at 12:13 AM..
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