[X-Unix] Cron problem

[Eugene]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 05:56:31PM CDT, Marley Graham <mgraham at aquaflo.com> wrote:
: 
: I put in the full path, but I still get the same error; crontab  
: doesn't seem to like the parentheses in the $(/bin/date +%r) command.

Try putting the format within some quotes, e.g. $(/bin/date "+%r").

: I decided to try another approach. I created a script to get the date  
: format that I really want (hh:mm:ss):
: 
: $ cat exacttime
:     #!/bin/bash
:     date +%r > tempdate
:     awk '{print $1}' tempdate
:     rm tempdate
:     exit
: 
: and another script to call screencapture and append the time to the  
: name of the resultant file:
: 
: $ cat screenpictimed
:     #!/bin/bash
:     screencapture mg$(/users/marleygraham/exacttime)
:     exit
: 
: which produces a file like:
: 
:     mg04:25:59
: 
: I know it is not elegant scripting, but it should get the job done.

Or avoid the extra fork (awk, rm, etc.) processes, and do everything
within your screenpictimed script?

	#!/bin/bash
	screencapture mg$(/bin/date "+%I:%M:%S")
	exit


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Eugene
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