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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying a cron on root user to backup to tape using TAR command
here is the cron entry
11 08 * * 6 /erdhot1cron 2>&1 >> /test3/scripts/dba/erdhot1cron.log
here is script inside - edhot1cron
#!/bin/bash
vsysdt=`date +%d%m%y`
date
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there,
I need to create a crone job to backup certain files on my disk without root permissions.
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3. Homework & Coursework Questions
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
how to run a script using cron job and send the output as attachment via e-mail using unix. please help me.
how my cron job entry should be?
As of now my cron job entry is to run the script at specific time,
15 03 * * * /path/sample.sh | mail -s "Logs" email_id
In the above entry, what... (8 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I've been bashing my head on the desk for 2 days trying to get this to work, but I've had no luck. I'll try to be as clear as possible in my explanation without dragging out the details. I'm trying to set up a cron job for user "john" which runs a script. This script initiates an ssh connection to... (5 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have just installed a cron job to run at 3 in the morning once a week. It's difficult for me to test if it works because the email backup program takes the email service down before running the backup. I wondered if i could ask you gurus if this would work?
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there, I have over 2000 systems (mainly Solaris) and I want to write a script that inserts a new root cronjob on each of those servers. obviously just adding a line to /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root looks like the easiest way, but i really dont want to have to send a HUP to crond on all boxes
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
how can we identify the task completion time which was initiated by CRON.
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9. Red Hat
Hi,
we are setup sendmail like a relaying. We are using user authetecing in the smart mail host. But when we use sendmail to send a message, the message is rejected, because user root, not is a user known in the domain.
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
am running a cron job to do a backup of all user files. the script runs properly in the terminal but only backups about 20% of the files when run by cron.
the Linux system is running BASH as far as I can tell.
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