UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hey all,
I'm running scripts from cron and I want to capture the output from the 1 file handle. Ex. * * * * * /test.sh 1>test.log. I also want to append a formatted date to the file. * * * * /test.sh 1>test.log_date +%m%d%y but I keep keep getting the output as if I had just added the date command. What I want is test.log_041608 what I get is test.log_Wed Apr 16 14:00:00 EDT 2008. I've tried all sort of combinations but still no luck. I can get it to work when I run the command from a shell script manually. Is it an environment setting issue?? Does anyone else have this setup? Thanks.

Try adding a path to make sure you are getting the same date command at the prompt and in the script.

Your question is rather unreadable without code tags. You also seem to be missing the backticks. I assume this is not the problem really.

should be something like

Code:

touch abc_`/usr/bin/date +%m%d%y`

Yep, using backticks. Here's the full cron entry.
/ora-arch/oracle/backup/rman/scripts/pf1_rman_incremental.sh db20 1 1>/ora-arch/oracle/backup/rman/log/db20_lev1_rman_backup_`date +%m%d%y`.log 2>&1

Kinda hard to read in this text window. I did the touch command and it works. I can also run this from a shell script and get the desired output. Just not working in cron. I even tried running the /home/username/.profile before the command. No dice.

Maybe this will help.

I see. I'll try to rebuild my scripts to work around the env settings. Thanks everyone.