topic Re: syslog script not run in Operating System - HP-UX

syslog script nort run.

aamir4u — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:48:45 GMT

Hi,

I want to copy earliar log messages daily.

but my script not run.

My script not run

Script:-vi .syslog.sh

cp /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log /tmp/oldsyslog

crontab setting:-

05 11 * * * /c03/.syslog.sh `date +%d%m%y`

its not run why.

Help me.....

Re: syslog script nort run.

Patrick Wallek — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:03:04 GMT

What does /var/adm/cron/log say?

I am also confused as to why you have the `date...` line in your cron job line. What are you hoping to accomplish with it?

What are the permissions on the /c03/.syslog.sh script?

Re: syslog script not run

Dennis Handly — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:19:58 GMT

>05 11 * * * /c03/.syslog.sh `date +%d%m%y`

You should replace this by: ... $(date +\%d\%m\%y)

The backslashes are needed for each "%", see crontab(1).

>I am also confused as to why you have the `date` line in your cron job line.

Perhaps .syslog.sh is a general script that needs to be able to run with arbitrary dates? ;-)

Unfortunately the contents of the script doesn't use $1.

Re: syslog script not run

aamir4u — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:44:41 GMT

Hi,

There is no log on /var/adm/cron

and only default cron on that folder

billdev1#pwd

/var/adm/cron

billdev1#ls -lrt

total 3552 -r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 52 Feb 16 2007

.proto -r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 18 Feb 16 2007

at.allow -r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 14 Feb 16 2007

cron.allow -r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 17 Feb 16 2007

queuedefs prw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 9 17:04

FIFO -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1646656 Jan 10 15:35

OLDlog

billdev1#

billdev1# billdev1#ll

total 33800996 -rwxrwxrwx 1 root sys 45 Jan 9 16:53 .syslog.sh (This is a permission)

My client told me.

make a script of logs than can copy all logs to any directory daily basis.

Please help me and give me any script.

Re: syslog script nort run.

aamir4u — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:57:17 GMT

Hi,

I am awaiting of your soonest response.

Re: syslog script not run

Dennis Handly — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:17:43 GMT

>There is no log in /var/adm/cron

You probably need to stop and restart cron to recreate that file.

> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1646656 Jan 10 15:35 OLDlog

This looks like you just restarted cron(1m).

>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root sys .syslog.sh (This is a permission)

The permission should be 755 or 555 but not world writable.

>make a script that can copy all logs to any directory daily basis.

Have you looked at logrotate?