Shane Hathaway wrote: > I'd like some suggestions for Unix/Linux software that does just a bit > more than our old standby, cron. I'd like: > > - A complete report of what was run and when (cron doesn't do this) > > - An email even if the job takes a long time (cron apparently doesn't > send email if the job takes more than 5 minutes)
Could these two be added by a simple wrapper around your real cron job? It could start by adding a single line to a log file, then steal all of the input and pipe it into sendmail. Rough guideline: echo `date -u +"%s"` "$@" >> /var/log/jobsrun.log ( echo "From: $...@localhost"; \ echo "To: $u...@localhost"; echo "Subject: Job transcript for $1"; echo; \ "$@" ) |& sendmail -i $u...@localhost Good luck. - Eric /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
