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Old 08-10-2011
Error Schedule a corn job
Hi,

I new to cron job...

I need to schedule a job that runs on a particular day at a specific time

say for example need to send a test mail at around 2:30PM on wed 10th August

i have used the below syntax, but the job was not executed.

Code:
30 14 * * * echo "message from UNIX here"|mail -s "your subject here" me@user.com

Can you please assist i am correct Smilie

Thanks in advance

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Last edited by pludi; 08-10-2011 at 04:37 PM..
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Old 08-10-2011
Where did you put this line?

I would start with something simpler like touch /tmp/cronworked instead of trying to email something. Trying to debug cron and your mail system at the same may be difficult.

cron emails program output by itself if properly configured, too.
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Old 08-10-2011
Seems more at than cron, unless this is an annual need! As I recall, cron tosses stdout and mails stderr, but check the man page. I have seen cron stop if your password has expired. Start with "* * * * * date >/tmp/cronck" to ensure cron is willing to execute.
Last edited by DGPickett; 08-10-2011 at 05:21 PM..
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Old 08-10-2011
hi there,
Go to the link below it talks about the crontab in great detail.
HowTo: Add Jobs To cron Under Linux or UNIX?

I hope this helps.
 
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