command isn't working in crontab
Hello, below command works in command line but not as a cronjob can someone explain me why? 23 58 * * * rootcd /some_path/;mkdir CAM1-$(date +%d.%m.%Y);mv ./CAM1/*.* ./CAM1-$(date +%d.%m.%Y)/;mkdir CAM2-$(date +%d.%m.%Y);mv ./CAM2/*.* ./CAM2-$(date +%d.%m.%Y)/ I want to move files from /some_path/CAM1 directory to directory called CAM1-'today date' and the same for /some_path/CAM2 directory -- phone : +421 917 321 694, web: www.scs.sk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50663428.30...@scs.sk
Re: command isn't working in crontab
On Friday, September 28, 2012 07:35:04 PM Tomas Hulata wrote: Hello, below command works in command line but not as a cronjob can someone explain me why? 23 58 * * * rootcd /some_path/;mkdir CAM1-$(date +%d.%m.%Y);mv ./CAM1/*.* ./CAM1-$(date +%d.%m.%Y)/;mkdir CAM2-$(date +%d.%m.%Y);mv ./CAM2/*.* ./CAM2-$(date +%d.%m.%Y)/ I want to move files from /some_path/CAM1 directory to directory called CAM1-'today date' and the same for /some_path/CAM2 directory Perhaps cron doesn't know how to run those commands. Try: 23 58 * * * root/bin/bash -c cd /some_path/;mkdir \CAM1-$(date +%d. %m.%Y)\;mv ./CAM1/*.* ./\CAM1-$(date +%d.%m.%Y)\/;mkdir \CAM2-$(date +%d. %m.%Y)\;mv ./CAM2/*.* ./\CAM2-$(date +%d.%m.%Y)\/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201209282005.23020.neal.p.mur...@alum.wpi.edu
Re: command isn't working in crontab
double quotes are OK but % is not, it is special character in crontab , I have found it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron On 29.09.2012 02:05, Neal Murphy wrote: On Friday, September 28, 2012 07:35:04 PM Tomas Hulata wrote: Hello, below command works in command line but not as a cronjob can someone explain me why? 23 58 * * * rootcd /some_path/;mkdir CAM1-$(date +%d.%m.%Y);mv ./CAM1/*.* ./CAM1-$(date +%d.%m.%Y)/;mkdir CAM2-$(date +%d.%m.%Y);mv ./CAM2/*.* ./CAM2-$(date +%d.%m.%Y)/ I want to move files from /some_path/CAM1 directory to directory called CAM1-'today date' and the same for /some_path/CAM2 directory Perhaps cron doesn't know how to run those commands. Try: 23 58 * * * root/bin/bash -c cd /some_path/;mkdir \CAM1-$(date +%d. %m.%Y)\;mv ./CAM1/*.* ./\CAM1-$(date +%d.%m.%Y)\/;mkdir \CAM2-$(date +%d. %m.%Y)\;mv ./CAM2/*.* ./\CAM2-$(date +%d.%m.%Y)\/ -- phone : +421 917 321 694, web: www.scs.sk
Re: command isn't working in crontab
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 01:35:04AM +0200, Tomas Hulata wrote: Hello, below command works in command line but not as a cronjob can someone explain me why? 23 58 * * * rootcd /some_path/;mkdir CAM1-$(date +%d.%m.%Y);mv ./CAM1/*.* ./CAM1-$(date +%d.%m.%Y)/;mkdir CAM2-$(date +%d.%m.%Y);mv ./CAM2/*.* ./CAM2-$(date +%d.%m.%Y)/ I want to move files from /some_path/CAM1 directory to directory called CAM1-'today date' and the same for /some_path/CAM2 directory Dealing with 'crontab', I used the following time/date sequence: minutes hours day-of-month month day-of-week -- In your example, you started with hours, followed by minutes. I hope, my sequence indicated above might work for you. (Have a nice cron) Wilko -- Dabbian is an ancient American word meaning 'I can't put my finger at Ubuntu'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120929021110.ga9...@fok01.laje.edewe.de
