Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:36:29 +0800 From: "jan gestre" <freebsd.ph@gmail.com> To: "Ivan Levchenko" <levchenko.i@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: scripting question Message-ID: <a25afc300610031736s30614762p4777437ff82e92ad@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <e39dd5bb0610030022y1658b517n4c9c8e56db92b2cd@mail.gmail.com> References: <a25afc300610021749h500dc4acv4c9b958859cda7cc@mail.gmail.com> <e39dd5bb0610030022y1658b517n4c9c8e56db92b2cd@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/3/06, Ivan Levchenko <levchenko.i@gmail.com> wrote: > > Remove the word root from the crontab entry. The user should be > specified only in the system crontab. thanks ivan, but the solution i made was i put in the /usr/local/etc/periodic/daily directory, it is now working :D On 10/3/06, jan gestre <freebsd.ph@gmail.com> wrote: > > i made a script and put on root's crontab, however it's not doing or > showing > > the output that is forwarded to my email address correctly therefore i'm > not > > sure if it is working or not. below is what the script look like: > > > > #---------------- > > # cvsrun - Weekly CVSup Run > > > > echo "Subject: `hostname` weekly cvsup run" > > /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile > > echo "" > > /usr/local/bin/portmanager -s | grep OLD > > echo "" > > echo "cvsrun done." > > > > #---------------- > > > > i would like the output of this command > > > > /usr/local/bin/portmanager -s | grep OLD > > > > to show in my mail where i forwarded it. below is the cronjob. > > > > 30 8 * * * root /usr/local/bin/cvsrun | mail -s "Daily cvsup run and > > portmanager" user1 > > > > can someone help me to correct this script, to show the output that i > want. > > > > TIA > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > Ivan Levchenko > levchenko.i@gmail.com >
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