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Date:      Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:23:02 +0300
From:      "Ivan Levchenko" <levchenko.i@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: scripting question
Message-ID:  <e39dd5bb0610030023j3979ad9di95108fecae2725a8@mail.gmail.com>
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Remove the word root from the crontab entry. The user should be
specified only in the system crontab.

On 10/3/06, jan gestre <freebsd.ph@gmail.com> wrote:
> i made a script and put on root's crontab, however it's not doing or showing
> the output that is forwarded to my email address correctly therefore i'm not
> sure if it is working or not. below is what the script look like:
>
> #----------------
> # cvsrun - Weekly CVSup Run
>
> echo "Subject: `hostname` weekly cvsup run"
> /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile
> echo ""
> /usr/local/bin/portmanager -s | grep OLD
> echo ""
> echo "cvsrun done."
>
> #----------------
>
> i would like the output of this command
>
> /usr/local/bin/portmanager -s | grep OLD
>
> to show in my mail where i forwarded it. below is the cronjob.
>
> 30 8 * * * root /usr/local/bin/cvsrun | mail -s "Daily cvsup run and
> portmanager" user1
>
> can someone help me to correct this script, to show the output that i want.
>
> TIA
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Best Regards,

Ivan Levchenko
levchenko.i@gmail.com


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Best Regards,

Ivan Levchenko
levchenko.i@gmail.com



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