what is your os and bash version? do you have a .bashrc file?
if you want to set enviroments globaly,you can edit /etc/default/cron.
or you can add bash startup scripts to your cron scripts.
regardss
ygemici
I am trying to run a series of perl scripts at different times using crontab under solaris. The scripts that i am using require some specific environment variables to be specified for database functionality, but i would also like it that i can specify a few global variables for output locations.
... (8 Replies)
hi,
I want to create a new EV(Environment Variable) through a c program and I done this thing through setenv() method. But the newly created EV is not permanent, i.e. when I exit from the program the EV also no longer lives. But I want to make it a permanent EV for the current user. Actually I... (6 Replies)
Is it possible to use environment variables within cron jobs. I am using a cron job to run a c program at regular intervals. The C program uses a library and i have set the library path in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. But when i ran the job i got the error library not found!! Any... (1 Reply)
say i define an environment variable in a particular script (upgrade.sh).
my script is upgarde.sh and it calls another script try.sh. will this environment variable be accessible to try.sh also. if not how to I make environment variables global so that they can be used by any script. (2 Replies)
Hi,
In Cron file i'm using username and password hard-coded and now i wann to use environmental veraiables in cron file.
But Could you please guide me how to use these environmental variables in cron file ?
Thanks,
Shyamu.A (4 Replies)
I have read tons of posts about how you can't set persisting environment variable in a child script of a shell and have it persist. The only way is to source a file as
% . <scriptname>
I am finding that true... but I know there is a way around it. I just don't know how. I worked for 6... (5 Replies)
Hi everyone,
I wrote a script that is supposed to be run by cron on a daily basis. It works just fine if I run it manually, but due to a lack of environment variables (which are available during my user session but not when cron runs the script) it keeps failing to run successfully.
Here's the... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I need to understand following three environment variables and their usages in HP Unix.
_M_ARENA_OPTS
_M_CACHE_OPTS
PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM
How does these environment variables influence multi threaded applciation and how do we decide the value of these variables? Is there... (0 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
service
SERVICE(8) BSD System Manager's Manual SERVICE(8)NAME
service -- control (start/stop/etc.) or list system services
SYNOPSIS
service -e
service -R
service [-v] -l | -r
service [-v] <rc.d script> start|stop|etc.
DESCRIPTION
The service command is an easy interface to the rc.d system. Its primary purpose is to start and stop services provided by the rc.d scripts.
When used for this purpose it will set the same restricted environment that is in use at boot time (see below). It can also be used to list
the scripts using various criteria.
The options are as follows:
-e List services that are enabled. The list of scripts to check is compiled using rcorder(8) the same way that it is done in rc(8), then
that list of scripts is checked for an "rcvar" assignment. If present the script is checked to see if it is enabled.
-R Restart all enabled local services.
-l List all files in /etc/rc.d and the local startup directories. As described in rc.conf(5) this is usually /usr/local/etc/rc.d. All
files will be listed whether they are an actual rc.d script or not.
-r Generate the rcorder(8) as in -e above, but list all of the files, not just what is enabled.
-v Be slightly more verbose
ENVIRONMENT
When used to run rc.d scripts the service command sets HOME to / and PATH to /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin which is how they are set in
/etc/rc at boot time.
EXIT STATUS
The service utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
The following are examples of typical usage of the service command:
service named status
service -rv
The following programmable completion entry can be use in bash(1) for the names of the rc.d scripts:
_service () {
local cur
cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '$( service -l )' -- $cur ) )
return 0
}
complete -F _service service
SEE ALSO bash(1) (ports/shells/bash), rc.conf(5), rc(8), rcorder(8)HISTORY
The service utility first appeared in FreeBSD 7.3.
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Douglas Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>.
BSD December 11, 2012 BSD