JT Kirkpatrick wrote:
>
> i'm trying to run a query at night, and output the results to a file. i
> think i have the syntax right for the proper output, but it now appears
> that my little automatic (cron) query ran IMMEDIATELY after the first
> command in the same cron file (a VACUUM of the same database) executed. it
> didn't wait until it was finished. besides guessing what time the vacuum
> will be complete, and scheduling the second command in a separate cron
> appropriately timed to run afterwards, is there a way to "stream" the two
> commands such that the second does NOT execute until the first one is
> complete??
>
> thanks! jt
>
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Put your commands in a shell script somewhere in the order you want them
to execute and then tell cron to run that shell script.
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