cron/shell/find problem

[p.novak]

try using the full path to the rm command. the cron environment is
probably not the same 
as your uid's.

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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Hugh E Cruickshank
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 5:09 PM
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Subject: cron/shell/find problem


Hi All:

I having a bit of a problem adding an entry to a crontab file. Actually
the adding works fine, it is just the command will not work.

Here is what I have so far:

1. The following command works correctly from the command line:

   /usr/bin/find /usr/faq/xpt -name "RCTTAX.*" -mtime +90 -exec rm {} \;

2. When the command is added to a shell script file as above or
   to a crontab file as:

   0 2 * * * /usr/bin/find /usr/faq/xpt -name "RCTTAX.*" -mtime +90
-exec rm {} \;

   The execution fails with

   /usr/bin/find: missing argument to `-exec'

3. I have been doing this for years on various different UNIX
   systems without any problems.

Any thoughts of suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Regards, Hugh

--
Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com


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