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Old 10-12-2012
expect script not running in cron "Urgent"
I wrote a script to download the files from sftp location to local. while running the script manually its working fine. when i schedule the same in cron its not working.... SmilieSmilie

here is the script:

Code:
#!/bin/bash

PATH=/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64:/usr/local/hadoop-0.20.2/bin:/usr/local/pig-0.6.0/bin:/home/ganga/bin

username=ganga
password=ganga1#
server=192.168.151.25
download_dir=/ganga/home/logs/
mkdir $download_dir

expect -c "
             # exp_internal 1 # uncomment for debugging
        spawn /usr/bin/scp "$username$server:/home/ganga/DYNAMIC/DELETES/*.log" $download_dir
             expect {
               "*Password:*" { send $password\r\n; interact }
               eof { exit }
             }
             exit
             "

cron_log:

Code:
Oct 12 11:13:01 hostname CROND[8304]: (ganga) CMD (/bin/sh /home/ganga/download.sh)

OS:

Redhat-linux 6.2

please help on this

Thanks,
Ganga

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags next time for your code and data.
Last edited by radoulov; 10-12-2012 at 07:37 AM..
# 2  
Old 10-12-2012
Hi Ganga,

This is probably because there are some environmental variables missing from the script, I'd be tempted to test it quickly by adding a line which loads the environment to test it try adding the following at the begining of your script.

Code:
source /etc/profile
source ~$username/.bash_profile

That is assuming I have the correct shells.

You can then identify which variables are missing and fix your script.

Regards

Dave
# 3  
Old 10-18-2012
Hi Dave,

Thanks for reply.

I have tried as u told still its not working.
I trid at command like sh <script name > |at now + 2 mnts. its working manually.

i wrote into another file like below:

Code:
$ cat >file.sh
echo `sh <script name > |at now + 2 mnts`

i scheduled in cron
Code:
10 20 * * * /bin/sh /home/ganga/file.sh

it is fired and scheduled as at job.

but, again i am facing the same problem. I didn't understand what is going here. Smilie Smilie

Regards,

Gangadhar.
Last edited by Scott; 10-18-2012 at 01:49 PM.. Reason: Code tags
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