CRON move and chmod assitance

minionsweb

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« on: June 04, 2008, 01:31:12 PM »

Let you guess I am new to cron.

First, I am attempting to move all files from an upload directory to a download directory:

*/5 * * * * mv /public_html/FTPz/wavz_upload/*.* /public_html/FTPz/wavz_download/-=Wavs & AUs extracted=-/New unsorted/

Then change the permissions of the moved dirs and files recursively:

*/5 * * * * chmod -R 544 /public_html/FTPz/wavz_download/-=Wavs & AUs extracted=-/New unsorted/

I see nothing occuring, and see no errors in the log.
Am I specifying this correctly?
How can I see a log of the activity?
I presume there is some verbose commend I can use, right?
Help would be greatly appreciated.


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Re: CRON move and chmod assitance

« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2008, 03:37:45 PM »

Your full directory path is /home/ACCOUNTNAME/public_html/.... There's no such thing as /public_html/. You may be able to get away with just public_html/..., assuming you're starting in /home/ACCOUNTNAME/ (that seems to be the usual case, but I can't guarantee it).

Second, this is Linux. Do not use spaces (blanks) or any verboten characters in directory names and file names. A-Z, a-z, _, 0-9, and . should all be safe. Maybe -, probably not =. Also, don't forget to create these directories before trying to move stuff into them.


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Re: CRON move and chmod assitance

« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2008, 09:01:27 AM »

Got it, thanks for the assist.
Took a bit of tweaking but it is performing as needed now.


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