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Hi All,

We have an archiving script on our applications box. It is scheduled to run at 36th minute every hour.

Code:

36 * * * * /archive_7.sh

But it throws an error saying "sh: /archive_7.sh: not found". I am not able to understand why.

Code:

# ls -l /archive_7.sh ; file /archive_7.sh
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          74 Apr 19 09:44 /archive_7.sh
/archive_7.sh:  executable /sbin/bash script

Can anyone enlighten me why?

try with

Code:

36 * * * * bash /archive_7.sh

Hi Raj,

Thanks.
1.How does the system know this is a bash script? From the first line of the file?

Code:

# head -1 /archive_7.sh
  #!/sbin/bash

2. If my working shell is Bourne, can I make the cron-job work without editing it all

Code:

#  echo $0 ; head -1 /archive_7.sh
-sh
  #!/sbin/bash

What do you get for:

Code:

type /sbin/bash
type /bin/bash
type /usr/bin/bash

Code:

# type /sbin/bash ; type /bin/bash ; type /usr/bin/bash
/sbin/bash not found
/bin/bash is /bin/bash
/usr/bin/bash is /usr/bin/bash

By the way, this did not work:

Code:

36 * * * * bash /archive_7.sh

i am still getting the error "sh: /archive_7.sh: not found"
But, when I run

Code:

# sh /archive_7.sh

it works and does not show any error. :-s

---------- Post updated at 10:51 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:47 AM ----------

Hi,

It is now resolved after trail and error:
The script type is bash and the first line in the script read till then "#!/sbin/bash" which did not exist in the box. So, I changed that to "#!/bin/bash" which is tha path to bash shell in the box and now the job is running sucessfully.
AKA : As shown in the error message, it was not the script-file that was not found.. It was the shell that was not found
This made my day!

Posted this just in case someone might get the same error.

Thanks,
Satish

Moderator's Comments:

Thank you for posting the solution. The location of bash was what I suspected. methyl