[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [FW-1] Log switching with a Cron Job---Please Help
Two things. First, are the double quotes in the date command format string necessary? I use the following: DATETIME=`date +%d%b%Y_%T` $BINDIR/fw logswitch ${DATETIME} This yields log files with the following name convention: 22Mar2002_23:55:00.log Second, why do it in two steps? I feed the date to the fw logswitch command as shown above and let fw rename the log file rather than do that later with mv. 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. > ---------- > From: Joseph J. Gallo[SMTP:[email protected]] > Reply To: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 7:00 AM > To: [email protected] > 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 > > ================================================= > To set vacation, Out Of Office, or away messages, > send an email to [email protected] > in the BODY of the email add: > set fw-1-mailinglist nomail > ================================================= > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > please see the instructions at > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ================================================= > If you have any questions on how to change your > subscription options, email > [email protected] > ================================================= > ================================================= To set vacation, Out Of Office, or away messages, send an email to [email protected] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [email protected] =================================================
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