Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-19 Thread Mazhar
On 10/12/06, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, October 11, 2006 7:03 am, Mazhar wrote: Dear All, My Code is to ping a range of IP reading from a text file and if they are not reachable then just write the IP's to a file. Regarding permissions i am running the same script using root

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Mazhar
Dear All, My Code is to ping a range of IP reading from a text file and if they are not reachable then just write the IP's to a file. Regarding permissions i am running the same script using root previliges and i am able to run the script maually but it is failing if i write the script in cron

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Mazhar
The Answers are 1. Is /scripts/.pl the full path name? Yes the above is the correct path of the script : when i run perl /scripts/xxx.pl it runs fine 2. Does your script have execute permissions Yes it has execute permissions (i changed it chmod +x for the code file) 3. Does the shebang line

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Owen Cook
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 03:03:12PM +0400, Mazhar wrote: Dear All, My Code is to ping a range of IP reading from a text file and if they are not reachable then just write the IP's to a file. Regarding permissions i am running the same script using root previliges and i am able to run the

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Mazhar
I have set the Shebang in my code to the below #!/usr/bin/perl and below is top of my code below, --- #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Net::Ping; my $file_name='hostnames.txt'; my $line; my

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Bjørge Solli
This is the last top-posted email from you that I will answer.. Please learn how to quote properly! On Wednesday 11 October 2006 13:14, Mazhar wrote: 1. Is /scripts/.pl the full path name? Yes the above is the correct path of the script : when i run perl /scripts/xxx.pl it runs fine So

RE: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Thomas Bätzler
Mazhar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Code is to ping a range of IP reading from a text file and if they are not reachable then just write the IP's to a file. Regarding permissions i am running the same script using root previliges and i am able to run the script maually but it is failing

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Mazhar
Sorry Solli, Below is the output what u asked for, 1. If i run the code /scripts/xxx.pl i get the below error... interpreter /usr/bin/perl not found sh: /scripts/xxx.pl: not found. 2. The first line in the code is below (i have added the Shepang Value) #!/usr/bin/perl I did not get

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Mazhar
Dear Thomas, I am running PING from the package Net, can u tell me where can i find the logs of cron jobs as because with that i will be able to check the possibility of not running the script, please Regards Mazhar On 10/11/06, Thomas Bätzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mazhar [EMAIL

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Bjørge Solli
On Wednesday 11 October 2006 13:35, Mazhar wrote: I did not get the meaning of (Quote properly) http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/quotingguide.html When it ways usenet, think email-lists too. -- Bjørge Solli - Office:+47 55205847 Mohn-Sverdrupsenteret, Nansensenteret,

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 03:35:03PM +0400, Mazhar wrote: 1. If i run the code /scripts/xxx.pl i get the below error... interpreter /usr/bin/perl not found sh: /scripts/xxx.pl: not found. So it would appear that this is not where perl is found on your system. You need to put the

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Mazhar
On 10/11/06, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 03:35:03PM +0400, Mazhar wrote: 1. If i run the code /scripts/xxx.pl i get the below error... interpreter /usr/bin/perl not found sh: /scripts/xxx.pl: not found. So it would appear that this is not where

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 04:18:04PM +0400, Mazhar wrote: On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 03:35:03PM +0400, Mazhar wrote: 1. If i run the code /scripts/xxx.pl i get the below error... interpreter /usr/bin/perl not found sh: /scripts/xxx.pl: not found. i have added /usr/bin/perl in my

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Mazhar
On 10/11/06, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 04:18:04PM +0400, Mazhar wrote: On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 03:35:03PM +0400, Mazhar wrote: 1. If i run the code /scripts/xxx.pl i get the below error... interpreter /usr/bin/perl not found sh:

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Ken Foskey
On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 16:45 +0400, Mazhar wrote: I have created the file in Windows and have pasted the entries in HP-UNIX (i mean copied). I cannot find the command dos2unix in HP UX. easy check, change command line to this: #!/usr/bin/perl -w to strip the carriage returns try something

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Mazhar
On 10/11/06, Ken Foskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 16:45 +0400, Mazhar wrote: I have created the file in Windows and have pasted the entries in HP-UNIX (i mean copied). I cannot find the command dos2unix in HP UX. easy check, change command line to this:

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Beginner
On 11 Oct 2006 at 17:14, Mazhar wrote: From the help above i created a new perl code and i was successfull in running the code by typing the command /scripts/newxxx.pl but the same is not executed by cron i have the cron entry as below 10 * * * * /scripts/newxxx.pl This as to be the

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Mazhar
On 10/11/06, Beginner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11 Oct 2006 at 17:14, Mazhar wrote: From the help above i created a new perl code and i was successfull in running the code by typing the command /scripts/newxxx.pl but the same is not executed by cron i have the cron entry as below10 * * * *

RE: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Jason Wozniak
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:05 AM To: Beginner Cc: beginners perl Subject: Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job On 10/11/06, Beginner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11 Oct 2006 at 17:14, Mazhar wrote: From the help above i created a new perl code and i was successfull

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Mazhar
perl *Subject:* Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job On 10/11/06, *Beginner* [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11 Oct 2006 at 17:14, Mazhar wrote: From the help above i created a new perl code and i was successfull in running the code by typing the command /scripts/newxxx.pl but the same

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Stuart Adams
Mazhar, The cron log is most likely written to /var/log/cron -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ http://learn.perl.org/first-response

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-11 Thread Paul
On Wed, October 11, 2006 7:03 am, Mazhar wrote: Dear All, My Code is to ping a range of IP reading from a text file and if they are not reachable then just write the IP's to a file. Regarding permissions i am running the same script using root previliges and i am able to run the script

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-09 Thread Bjørge Solli
On Monday 09 October 2006 11:03, Mazhar wrote: I have prepared a script that is to be run as a cron job every 10 minutes, i have added the same in cron as below, *0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /scripts/x.pl* You have too many stars, remove the leading and trailing stars, or try: */10 * * * *

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-09 Thread Jeff Pang
I have prepared a script that is to be run as a cron job every 10 minutes, i have added the same in cron as below, *0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /scripts/x.pl* But the above is not running properly, should i add something in the code. Try this: */10 * * * * /scritps/xxx.pl The xxx.pl

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-09 Thread Mazhar
When i add the entry as specified i get the below error (i.e) */10 * * * * /scritps/xxx.pl in cron *crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.* Regards Mazhar On 10/9/06, Jeff Pang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have prepared a script that is to be run as a cron job

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-09 Thread Mazhar
I tried with the below and made my script as executable with chmod command but the same is not running every 10 minutes. Need your help Regards Mazhar On 10/9/06, Hal Wigoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: get rid of the /. On Oct 9, 2006, at 5:55 AM, Mazhar wrote: When i add the entry as

Re: Perl Script as a Cron Job

2006-10-09 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:23:49PM +0400, Mazhar wrote: I tried with the below and made my script as executable with chmod command but the same is not running every 10 minutes. Once you have worked out your crontab syntax, almost all cron problems are due to permissions or environment. Need