Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 13:11:28 +0300 From: "Andy V. Oleynik" <andyo@prime.net.ua> To: Jamie Norwood <mistwolf@ethereal.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Weird crontab/script problem Message-ID: <370B2F4F.3A8990DC@prime.net.ua> References: <19990407013721.A15530@ethereal.net>
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Jamie Norwood wrote:
> OK, I have a script I have written to send out some pings and record the
> results. When I run it by hand, it works fine. When I put it in a crontab, it
> never does anything.
>
> The script is simple and is as follows:
>
> ---
> #/usr/local/bin/tcsh
>
> ping -c 100 208.166.54.1 > /tmp/ping.`date +%m.%d.%H.%M`
> ---
>
This simplest command could be executed from crontab itself, isnt it?
>
> And the crontab:
>
> ---
>
> */5 * * * * /home/mistwolf/bin/pinggate
>
> ---
>
> Oddly, the following cron entry works fine:
>
> ---
>
> */5 * * * * touch /home/mistwolf/.crontouch
>
> ---
>
> Why?
>
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> K w(---) O?>+ M?>+ V PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP->++ t+(*) 5+++ X++ R++ tv+
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