Dear Sandeep,
To execute try give the following line in crontab: 30 * * * * /home/vipine/try BTW, have you tried executing try as standalone? Regards, Sanvir Jham Sandeep Vasishta wrote: > Dear all, > I want to run a set of commands periodically from cron. I have > made file try and put the commands there. Then from crontab -e command, I > have set that these commands should be run every 30 minutes. But it is not > running the commands. If I give command in crontab -e, then it is working > fine. There are around 12 commands and that is why I want to put the > commands in the file. > > This is what I did: > > vi try > > cd /home/vipin > mkdir vipin > cp vipin try_cron > > and I have made try file executable. > > crontab -e > > 30 * * * * cd /home/vipine; ./try > > Pls. let me know if some one has tried this. > > Regds, > Sandeep > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > ================================================ > To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject >header > Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org > ================================================= -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sanvir Singh Jham Velocient Technologies Limited, New Delhi Tel: 694 5226/7/8 Fax: 694 3732 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #163808 at http://counter.li.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just Believe in the Best ================================================ To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org =================================================