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engrshon · 01-01-2013, 06:31 AM

Can somebody describe each field of the below command

00 * * * * cd /backup ;sh seget.sh >>/tmp/alert.log 2>&1 &

colucix · 01-01-2013, 06:34 AM

Where is the difficult part? It is a crontab entry whose format is described by

Code:

man 5 crontab

The commands are simple shell statements plus redirections. Please elaborate.

alieblice · 01-02-2013, 04:15 AM

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engrshon · 01-03-2013, 02:25 PM

thanks but kindly explain this field

... >>/tmp/alert.log 2>&1 &

Habitual · 01-03-2013, 02:39 PM

Quote:

thanks but kindly explain this field

... >>/tmp/alert.log 2>&1 &

chrism01 · 01-03-2013, 06:40 PM

... and for a cronjob, the last '&' is redundant