Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:14:58 -0500 From: Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com> To: 'pete wright' <nomadlogic@gmail.com>, Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Probably working too hard for this cron question Message-ID: <17591_1307999699_4DF67DD3_17591_66_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BF89C4E8@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinCFMqGBx0jkbRH-J03wNkQaPOo7Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTimD4DaYtvDmiJ4=qaj3CNsKr=XHNQ@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTinCFMqGBx0jkbRH-J03wNkQaPOo7Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Yeah Pete, kinda need that huh. Kurt, If that turns out to be the only iss= ue, don't feel bad - I've forgotten it myself several times! I'm sure many= others have as well! G -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@f= reebsd.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 <kurt.buff@gmail.com> 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 * * * =A0 =A0 =A0 =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 /r= oot. > > 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 --=20 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" <font size=3D"1"> <div style=3D'border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0i= n 0in 1.0pt 0in'> </div> "This email is intended to be reviewed by only the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this email and its attachments, if any, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and delete this email from your system." </font>
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