UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

I am new to UNIX and I am more used to simple commands like those in VMS.

One of them is the ability to get the output from a job using the /out=<file> command in VMS.

I want to submit a job (a set of unix commands) using the AT command but to get the output in a file like that used in VMS.

Now I know many of you are saying, "just redirect it using the '>' character'. I tried this and it's not producing what I expected. I don't think it's as simple as that.

For example (the qdesign command is a powerhouse (COGNOS) command, and not a unix command).

Here is my BAT file ...

#!/bin/csh

/bin/date

################################################################
# Recompile global QUICK screens, for Sydney
qdesign dict=/mis/sydmips/obj/phd.pdc << 'flag1'
use /mis/sydmips/obj/compilemips.qks nolist
exit
'flag1'


I've tried submitting this with ...

$ at -c -f compile.bat now > compile.out

I get only the line that says it submitted the command

$ echo compile.out | at -c -m now

I get an email to say that it was "run", but no standard output of the BAT file!

$ at -c -m now < compile.bat

Again I get a job number, an email to say it ran but no actual output.

How do I get actual output from the compile.bat routine, like as if I was running it online!?

Thank you

I would redirect my output in the file directly (as logging) like this:

#!/bin/csh

(
/bin/date

################################################################
# Recompile global QUICK screens, for Sydney
qdesign dict=/mis/sydmips/obj/phd.pdc << 'flag1'
use /mis/sydmips/obj/compilemips.qks nolist
exit
'flag1'
) > logfile 2>&1


or just for the HERE-document:

#!/bin/csh

/bin/date

################################################################
# Recompile global QUICK screens, for Sydney
qdesign dict=/mis/sydmips/obj/phd.pdc << 'flag1' > logfile 2>&1
use /mis/sydmips/obj/compilemips.qks nolist
exit
'flag1'

I am getting "too many ('s" error now.

The other issue is that is sends the output to the MAIL box and not to the file I specified in the redirection. And this is even without the "at -m" option.

Please help!

Oh and the 2nd version did not work either. I got "ambiguos redirecting", which again I had to use MAIL to view the error.

This is more like it. I was puzzled by your response stating that it had worked. You are using csh. The redirection code brouw005 used would work in sh, ksh, or bash, but not csh. Writing scripts in csh is not wise. Since you're new to Unix, you should start with a better shell. For a list of reasons, see Csh Programming Considered Harmful. One more reason: there are very few csh experts around to help you.

I think that:
) >& logfile
might work for you. But no money back guarantees. I switched to ksh as soon as I could and I don't remember csh very well.