topic Re: command line length in Operating System - HP-UX

command line length

Kris_5 — Mon, 26 Nov 2001 20:20:06 GMT

Hi Folks,

I am trying to submit a command through cron and the length of the command line is more than 260 charcters. So, the job is failing with incomplete command error(reads first ~260 charcters only of the total command). Can some help me on how to solve this kind of problem. I don't know how to make use of (\ and carriage return) in crontab command. Thanks in advance.

krish

Re: command line length

Sanjay_6 — Mon, 26 Nov 2001 20:25:02 GMT

Hi,

Try

command starts here some more command parameters here command ends here

Hope this helps.

Regds

Re: command line length

Uday_S_Ankolekar — Mon, 26 Nov 2001 20:30:01 GMT

Hi,

Try running the same command in a script. Then edit crontab to run the script.

-USA..

Re: command line length

Roger Baptiste — Mon, 26 Nov 2001 20:36:28 GMT

hi,

Instead of using the longish command sequence on the cron file entry, put the command line in a file(with execute permissions) and simple call that file in the crontab entry.

HTH
raj