Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 14:02:19 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?David_Sieb=F6rger?= <drs@rucus.ru.ac.za> To: Farid nicolas <fd_nicolas@yahoo.fr> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about crontab. Message-ID: <20020624140219.C22610@rucus.ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <20020624114334.60174.qmail@web9906.mail.yahoo.com>; from fd_nicolas@yahoo.fr on Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 01:43:34PM %2B0200 References: <20020624114334.60174.qmail@web9906.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon 2002-06-24 (13:43), Farid nicolas wrote:
> i have a problem when i use crontab on my freebsd.
>
> I want to execute a program every day. this program
> write the result of a "ps" in a text file. When i use
> crontab, i can see only 80 characters of this text
> file whereas when I execute it directly i can read
> all
> the file.
You need to use the -w or -ww options. From ps(1):
-w Use 132 columns to display information, instead of the default
which is your window size. If the -w option is specified more
than once, ps will use as many columns as necessary without
regard for your window size.
This topic was discussed on this list a little while ago under the
subject "grep and console width". The thread starts at:
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1197521+0+archive/2002/freebsd-questions/20020602.freebsd-questions
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David Siebörger
drs@rucus.ru.ac.za
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