Re: [FW-1] Log switching with a Cron Job---Please Help

["Sterling, Chuck" <csterlin@FW1-NOSPAMSMTP3.WSTF.NASA.GOV>]

Ah. Yes, I did not mention in my earlier reply that I use cron to run a
script to do the switch, among other tasks, and not the fw logswitch command
itself. I did not notice the distinction until I read another reply to your
question.

Chuck Sterling
System / Network Administrator
NASA White Sands Test Facility
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USAIn theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they aren't.

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> From:         Joseph J. Gallo[SMTP:jgallo@PATHCENTER.ORG]
> Reply To:     Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1
> Sent:         Friday, April 05, 2002 7:00 AM
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> Subject:      [FW-1] Log switching with a Cron Job---Please Help
>
> I have the following CRON Job set up to run on FW-1 daily:
>
> 59 11 * * * /opt/pkg/FW/bin/fw logswitch old.log (This works fine in
> switching out the log file)
> 05 0 * * * mv /opt/pkg/FW/log/old.log /var/test/logs/`date
> +"%m%d%y-%H%M"`.log (This line generates an error file---see below)
> "
> "
> "
> "
>
> When the cron job runs I get the following error message in my inbox the
> next day:
> "Syntax error: EOF in backquote substitution"
>
> If I run the line manually from the console: mv /opt...../old.log
> /var.../`date +"%m..."`.log  It works fine.
>
> Am I setting up the cron job incorrectly?  Or should I be using a
> different way to switch out the logs?
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Joe
>
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