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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers script works on command line, not in cron job Post 302123662 by porter on Tuesday 26th of June 2007 01:55:29 PM
Old 06-26-2007
As mentioned, normal reason for this is the environment (eg all the strings you see printed when you type "set") is minimal when run as a cronjob. This requires you to set any environment variables you will rely on directly in your script.

Also, you are missing the normal "#!/bin/sh" line from the start of your script, this tells the operating system which interpreter/shell to use to run your script.
 

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