Cron and top

can get top to work

[painless]

I added this line using cron -e
*/10 * * * * /usr/bin/top -n1 > /tmp/toplog/top

the problem is the /tmp/toplog/top file is always empty. I can see from the file modification time that it's updated every ten minutes but it's still as empty as ever. Running the top command directly from the shell give the intended result ( the file isn't empty ) but i just can't get it to work using cron.

Please help

[ChadSEO]

painless,

Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

When running top in a batch mode like this, you usually need to add the -b flag, ala:

*/10 * * * * /usr/bin/top -b -n1 > /tmp/toplog/top

Give that a try, hopefully it will work a little better for you.

Chad

[painless]

Thanks ChadSEO, it works now :)