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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi, can someone explain the differences between using the at and crontab commands. When would you use one command over the other?
TIA
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I have a crontab entry,but it is not working.
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3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Dear All
jobs are scheduled in crontab . To view this I use crontab -l . But suddenly today I am not able to see any jobs that is being scheduled in crontab. when I type crontab -l , I am seeing nothing.I am not logging through admin user(i dont have it).But I can schedule jobs through... (3 Replies)
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hi,
I run a .sh file using crontab. I need to know the path of the file . Previously when I run the file alone , i used "pwd" but now when using crontab it gives the temp directory of the file.
Is there any way I can find the absolute path of the file when i execute it ?
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I've a shell script which calls a Sybase stored procedure to do some functionality. I want to schedule the running of this script by crontab. I'm using Solaris 5.8. When i executed the following command
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hi all
how to schedule the crontab file in unix? (2 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have a ksh script that creates messages in a temp directory and then sends them out using the sendmail command and i'm trying to set it up to run every night with crontab.
So the basic gist of the script is
#create temp dir and messages
...
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How can I run "crontab" (parameters) every 6 hours on solaris machine?
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dear all ,
does any one now how can i become sure that the crontab that i put was working successfully not by looking for thr result of the sheduled task but from a log for the crontab or something similar
and i need to check that the cron i wrote is correct
00 15 * * 0,1,2,3,6... (2 Replies)
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Hi
I have a shell script which works fine at the command line
and does works in crontab also but does not send the output to
mail as other scripts do by default.
10 1 * * * /export/home/test/report_script
by default should send the output to mail but the script
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