12-03-2008
cron does not execute script properly
I have a simple script that checks for certain printers and records them to a file.
When I run the script manually at the command prompt, it works perfect, but when I run the script via cron, nothing happens. No errors reported, and no records are written out. I'm using Solaris 10. Below is the script:
#!/bin/ksh
DATE=`/usr/bin/date '+%d-%m-%y %T'`; export DATE
FILE=/usr/lbin/logs/disabled_printers.txt; export FILE
lpstat -p | grep 0609 | while read i_x i_ptr i_state i_since i_mon i_day i_time i_dash
do
/usr/bin/echo "$i_ptr $DATE `lpstat -o $i_ptr | wc -l` " >>
$FILE
done
Cronjobs for other scripts works fine, just this one. Please assist.
Thanks
Lucas
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NAME
gzexe - compress executable files in place
SYNOPSIS
gzexe name ...
DESCRIPTION
The gzexe utility allows you to compress executables in place and have them automatically uncompress and execute when you run them (at a
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SEE ALSO
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