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# 8  
Old 07-14-2015
Is this really the output from a cron job then, or did you run it off the command line?

Anyway, the value for HOME is set by the login user, not a user to su to, although you can change it if you run the profiles.

You would need to either:-
  • Copy the .netrc into the correct place (do you trust that location)
  • Force the HOME value to be correct by adding export HOME=/ into your script before you call ftp
Can you have a go with those?


Robin
# 9  
Old 07-14-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by rbatte1
Is this really the output from a cron job then, or did you run it off the command line?

Anyway, the value for HOME is set by the login user, not a user to su to, although you can change it if you run the profiles.

You would need to either:-
  • Copy the .netrc into the correct place (do you trust that location)
  • Force the HOME value to be correct by adding export HOME=/ into your script before you call ftp
Can you have a go with those?


Robin
My apologies, I misread your previous reply. I ran those commands from the command line and not via cron. I will try this again in a while (currently have no access) and let you know on the results soon!

Robin
# 10  
Old 07-24-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by rbatte1
Is this really the output from a cron job then, or did you run it off the command line?

Anyway, the value for HOME is set by the login user, not a user to su to, although you can change it if you run the profiles.

You would need to either:-
  • Copy the .netrc into the correct place (do you trust that location)
  • Force the HOME value to be correct by adding export HOME=/ into your script before you call ftp
Can you have a go with those?


Robin

Hi Robin,

I added the line export HOME=/export/home/user1 and now the cron job is working perfectly! Thanks so much for the help! Smilie

Robin
Last edited by rbatte1; 07-24-2015 at 07:01 AM.. Reason: Added ICODE tags
# 11  
Old 07-24-2015
Just be wary that changing the value of HOME can affect other things that follow it. If you script then exits, then this is probably not a problem, but if you then go off to do other things, you might be better to:-
Code:
real_HOME=$HOME
export HOME=/export/home/user1

# Do your ftp bit here

export HOME=$real_HOME


Kind regards, Robin,
Robin
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