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Old 11-04-2011
mixing logs...
# 9  
Old 11-04-2011
That script was written by someone in IT for me... I was curious why it was having the log record twice.

But aside from the length of this and the obvious syntax errors... back to my idiot question... where do I go to type this code in to have it stored as a cron job?
# 10  
Old 11-04-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by RussellNonBrand
I have no idea how to write a shell script... or if I even have permission to do such a thing. IT keeps all permissions tightly pinned down at my company.
A shell script is just a text file with commands in it. Use a text editor.

Quote:
Not quite. ID 10-T = IDIOT.
No, really? Smilie
# 11  
Old 11-04-2011
to be safe use vi...
then once the script saved, make it executable:
Code:
chmod 750 <your scriptname>

# 12  
Old 11-04-2011
Where do I go to write this command line? Do I just do it in the basic prompt screen, do I need to get into the crontab editor, or what? I appreciate everyone giving me advice to make it better, more efficient, etc... but I don't want to do that and tick off my IT people. I just want to create my SAS programs to run automatically overnight.
# 13  
Old 11-04-2011
In your home directory...
Q: How is the path to SAS defined?
# 14  
Old 11-04-2011
defined as /usr/local/sas91/SAS_9.1/sas (actually usr not my username, and yes it's an old version... Smilie)
 
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