Gettin no Unix error msg 1

[RexJacobus]

Hello,

I need to write a simple cron that deletes things older than thirty days.

I have created a file del_list.csh and placed it in the cron folder. The entire file is this:
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#!/bin/csh
#
#set echo

find <path>/toplist –name “*.html” –mtime +30 –exec rm –rf {} \;
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If I type the single line of code into the command line it works. If I try to run the file by typing "tcsh del_list.csh" nothing happens. Nothing is deleted and there is no error msg.

del_list.csh is owned by user 'ma' and the permissions are set at 777. The files I'm trying to delete are also owned by user 'ma'.

Why does nothing happen and I get no error msg?

thanks,

RexJ

 

[LKBrwnDBA]

Have you checked your mail? cron will send output messages to mail.
But better, create a log file:

# crontab entry:
00 09 * * * /path/to/script/del_list.csh >/path/to/log/del_list.log 2>&1

Also, csh is OBSOLETE, at a minimum use sh or ksh or bash.


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