hmmm weird.. it does work if ill be executing it from the console.. but not as a sched job... even if I place the absolute path of the binary...
tsk tsk tsk.. \On Wednesday 22 February 2006 3:30 pm, Michael Tinsay wrote: > /bin/echo test >> /[path tp file]/`/bin/date > --date=yesterday "+%B_%Y"`_sample.txt > > worked for me... > > > > --- mike t. > > --- Mhac Janapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried it myself and found the same results. I even > > included the full path > > in my crontab. > > I found a way to work around that. What I did is > > wrote that down to a > > script, say log.sh, and then call log.sh from cron. > > Bulkier, but it works. > > > > HTH > > > > On 2/22/06, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > Make sure that the PATH= line includes the right > > > folders. Or better yet, use full path in your > > > > crontab > > > > > entry. > > > > > > > > > --- mike t. > > > > > > --- JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > hi, > > > > > > > > i executed this and it works... but when I > > > > placed > > > > > > it as a scheduled task > > > > (cron) hmm no result.. > > > > > > > > > > > > echo test >> `date --date=yesterday > > > > "+%B_%Y"`_sample.txt > > > > > > > > tia, > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > -- > > Mhac Janapin > > PBTS SysAd > > ============= > > http://mulingsilang.blogspot.com > > ============= > > I'm an Open Source Enthusiast. c",) > > Mozilla Firefox 1 - getfirefox.com > > Mozilla Thunderbird 1 - mozilla.org > > OpenOffice.org > > ============= > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
