On 08/27/2012 01:44 AM, Sjoerd Mullender wrote:
On 2012-08-27 08:39, Frank Murphy wrote:
Today being Monday:
45 5 22-28 * * test 'date +\%A' = Sunday && yum -v clean plugins
Nothing appears to have happened. (no email to root, usual cron stuff)
So taking the bit from "test" eg:
test 'date +\%A'
On 27/08/12 07:44, Sjoerd Mullender wrote:
You're using the wrong quotes. As it stands, your comparing the string
"date +%A" with the string "Sunday". Presumably what you want is to
compare the output of the command "date +%S" with the string "Sunday".
You need to use "backticks" for that:
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On 2012-08-27 08:39, Frank Murphy wrote:
> Today being Monday:
> 45 5 22-28 * * test 'date +\%A' = Sunday && yum -v clean plugins
>
> Nothing appears to have happened. (no email to root, usual cron stuff)
> So taking the bit from "test" eg:
> test 'date +\%A' = Sunday && blkid (all days in turn)
>
Today being Monday:
45 5 22-28 * * test 'date +\%A' = Sunday && yum -v clean plugins
Nothing appears to have happened. (no email to root, usual cron stuff)
So taking the bit from "test" eg:
test 'date +\%A' = Sunday && blkid (all days in turn)
blkid doesn't run
Where have I slipped up
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Regar
