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writing a cron job - how do I.....?
In case anyone is interested, I managed to solve this dilemma, with thanks to GHeist. Yes, it was FULL paths that were necessary, including the backslash escape. 1 1 * * * /usr/bin/perl /user/www/cgi-bin/blah.pl \ /usr/www/cgi-bin/blah.cfg Didn't need the /dev/null, as I was not expecting...- pixelwarrior
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- Forum: General UNIX discussion
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writing a cron job - how do I.....?
Thanks!! I will try these suggestions. Gheist, I'm not sure I understand the /dev/null references. Are they necessary to end the process? Olded, I didn't write the script. Believe me, I'm a newbie too. I would tend to think there could be/should be/would be some way to include the required...- pixelwarrior
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- Forum: General UNIX discussion
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writing a cron job - how do I.....?
oops...of course, the command went: 0 1 * * * perl /user/www/cgi-bin/blah.pl blah.cfg- pixelwarrior
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- Forum: General UNIX discussion
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writing a cron job - how do I.....?
*newbie alert!* OK, I've got the basic idea. I have managed to write a simple cron job and implement it....every day @ 2:00 my error_log is copied to a new file, and then it and my access_log are truncated back to 0. I'm happy with that. Now, here's where I need some help. I also need to...- pixelwarrior
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