From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 13 22:36:54 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCBE7106566B for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:36:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feenberg@nber.org) Received: from mail2.nber.org (mail2.nber.org [66.251.72.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BE858FC08 for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:36:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nber6.nber.org (nber6.nber.org [66.251.72.76]) by mail2.nber.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5DM53U3050478; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:05:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from feenberg@nber.org) Received: from localhost (feenberg@localhost) by nber6.nber.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id p5DLw5jR020963; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:58:05 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: nber6.nber.org: feenberg owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:58:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Feenberg X-X-Sender: feenberg@nber6 To: Kurt Buff In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <17591_1307999699_4DF67DD3_17591_66_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BF89C4E8@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-559023410-1804928587-1308002284=:15699" X-Anti-Virus: Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Server 5.6.39/RELEASE, bases: 20110613 #5503084, check: 20110613 clean Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Probably working too hard for this cron question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:36:55 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---559023410-1804928587-1308002284=:15699 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE I forgot to send it. I just did. dan On Mon, 13 Jun 2011, Kurt Buff wrote: > Indeed. Brain fade comes with age - and long weekends with the 2 year old= boy... > > Kurt > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 14:14, Gary Gatten wrote: >> Yeah Pete, kinda need that huh. =C2=A0Kurt, If that turns out to be the = only issue, don't feel bad - I've forgotten it myself several times! =C2=A0= I'm sure many others have as well! >> >> G >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-question= s@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of pete wright >> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 3:25 PM >> To: Kurt Buff >> Cc: FreeBSD Questions >> Subject: Re: Probably working too hard for this cron question >> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> I've googled a bunch, read some freebsd.org docs, and just can't >>> figure this out. >>> >>> I have a script that should read the current date into a variable, >>> append the time/date stamp at the beginning of the file created with >>> the date in the variable, do a bunch of cURL stuff, then append a >>> time/date stamp at the end of the file. >>> >>> It works if I run it manually, but not from cron. >>> >>> Here are the batchfile and the cron entry: >>> >>> ----------begin script---------- >>> dt=3D`/bin/date "+%Y-%m-%d"` >>> /bin/date > /root/$dt-external1.txt >>> /usr/local/bin/curl -K /root/urls.txt >> /root/$dt-external1.txt >>> /bin/date >> /root/$dt-external1.txt >>> ----------end script---------- >>> >>> ----------begin crontab---------- >>> 15 12 * * * =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0/root/do-curl.sh >>> ----------end crontab---------- >>> >>> I'm doing all of this as root, as you can see. >>> >>> The job launches - I can see an entry for cURL in top - but no file in = /root. >>> >>> I've tried several variations on the first line of the script, but I'm >>> getting nowhere, though I'm sure it's something stupidly simple that >>> I'm missing. >>> >>> What am I missing? >> >> #!/bin/sh ? >> >> -pete >> >> >> >> -- >> pete wright >> www.nycbug.org >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org" >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
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