UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

Can anyone help me out with scheduling a cron job for the below:

i wnated to delete file from a folder on every sunday at 05:00 AM

this is code i have used.
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Code:

0 05 * * 0 find /abc/xyz/pqrs/bak/  -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -f {} \;

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How this was not executed as planned....

can you please let me know if i have missed anything.

Thanks in advance.

Try putting that command to a script file and call that script instead.

What does your syslog or cron log says? Can you please paste that ?

i am new to cron jobs....
Can you plz let me know how do check the syslogs or corn logs?

the cron entry is

Code:

0 05 * * S find /abc/xyz/pqrs/bak/  -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -f {} \;

what is the content of the directory /abc/xyz/pqrs/bak ?

syslog is file, /var/log/syslog

go to that particular time inside that file, and look for any errors !