Shell Programming and Scripting

Dear All

My os is sun solaris 10, i am trying to schedule a scripts with below command but unable to do so.

crontab 15 8 * * * load_rio.sh
crontab: proper usage is:
crontab [file | -e | -l | -r ] [user]


What is wrong with this, even i have tried 15 8 * * * load_rio.sh

Try using full path..

use crontab -e to edit...

Code:

15 8 * * * /path/load_rio.sh

To edit your crontab file, use this command. Set the EDITOR variable to your favorite editor, like vi:

Code:

EDITOR=vi crontab -e

when the editor has started, write the line

Code:

15 8 * * * load_rio.sh

into the file and then save it. That should do the trick.

You can not pass the crontab line to the crontab command as argument directly.

YOu might also have to use the full pathname to load_rio.sh if the script is not in the system default PATH.

I have put below command into crontab
30 08 * * * /ersdg3/ERS/ERS_INPUT_LOGS/loader/load_rio.sh

although i have tried through the command line but couldn't succeed

If you edited your crontab file directly (if your system allows this), cron was not notified of the change. You have to use the crontab -e command to notify cron of a changed crontab file.

I have used crontab -e
but how can i be sure that it was notified and it is in good shape

Wait for the next scheduled time the command should run and check, if it actually does (by looking at the ps -ef output, some logfile your command writes or in the cron logfile, if you are authorized to read it)