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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I m setting up my crontab for the very first time. I m a non-root user and this is linux
$ export EDITOR=vi
$ crontab -e
no crontab for user1 - using an empty one
crontab: installing new crontab
"/tmp/crontab.uW0JNx":1: bad command
errors in crontab file, can't install.
Do you want... (3 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I have a solaris 10 box. And I want to schedule a cronjob.But it gives the following error
bash-3.2$ crontab -l
crontab: can't open your crontab file.
bash-3.2$ EDITOR=vi
bash-3.2$ export EDITOR
bash-3.2$ crontab -e
crontab: can't open your crontab file.
I checked in... (12 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Guys,
I need to edit the crontab on one of my unix systems. When I execute crontab -e, nothing happens, then I get an error '666' and can't type anything else at the cli.
I tried resizing the window, but still got the same error. I'm using the run user and I've checked the permissions on... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: bbbngowc
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Can some one tell me if we can configure the jobs in crontab using a shell script.
I know it can be done easily by using "crontab -e", but i just want to know whether we can add a job into the crontab using a shell script.
If it can be done, plz suggest the procedure to do it.
If it... (6 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
There are some cron jobs scheduled already by someone, now I have to make some changes to the schedule timings. Please advise me.
thanks,
Raju (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rajus19
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6. Solaris
Hi..
At linux
I can edit crontab with command
$crontab -e
BUT I don't know to edit crontab at Solaris
because I tried with command $crontab -e
I can't do that
Can you help me...?
Thanks for solution
regards,
srilinux (25 Replies)
Discussion started by: srilinux
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
I am new to Unix and would like some assistance.
I need to edit the crontab file so that a script is set to run at 3:00 am each day.
When I telnet to the sun server and type crontab -e a black screen appears and I am unable to make any changes.
Could you advice on what is needed to... (11 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi
i need to change crontab settings as
minute,hour,day of month,month year,day of week
certain times. for that i need to go as crontab -e. i want to avoid that as its creating many problems in mysystem.
so here i m planning/trying to write a script that will update the settings in crontab... (8 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I saw a post on here a while back describing how to edit a crontab file when I'm not able to edit it via crontab -e.
Currently, if I try to do a crontab -e, it just comes back with:
# crontab -e
7987
<and then it just hangs there FOREVER>
If I do a crontab -l, it shows me all of the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: FredSmith
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
What is the best way to modify the crontab file??
Edit the file and then use crontab 'filename' ???
I do not know how to use pico editor - so I cannot modify it this way, Any help is appreciated. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: frustrated1
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