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Old 06-05-2009
then: then/endif not found
Hi All
I am getting this error when i try to run script from root using other user profile. Command I am running is

"su - user -c command"


Error envounterd

"then: then/endif not found"

Can any body please help me on this ...
# 2  
Old 06-05-2009
Try this...

su - user
<enter passwd>
then fire the commands....

-- Jayan Jayaseelan
# 3  
Old 06-05-2009
yes it is working like that...but i want to run it in single sommand as i want to crontab it.
It is working on one of my xun machine but not working in the other...
# 4  
Old 06-05-2009
The syntax from root cron would usually be:

Code:
su user -c "command"

Obviously this does not execute the user's profile - which is often an advantage.


Can you post the contents of the script and state which shell you are using? "endif" is from csh.
Last edited by methyl; 06-05-2009 at 01:20 PM.. Reason: Correction about "endif".
# 5  
Old 06-05-2009
the script is not running in c shell for bash shell its ok.
how can we check for c shell dependencies
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