Full path looks better than without. Make sure that you have the same environment like when you start it on the command line.
... looks to me as if there is still some variable that contains a path to some libraries is not set when being executed via cron.
Check the original environment of that user with the command env and set and do same with your script being fired off via cron and compare if there is some obvious looking variable is not set.
Make sure that this script/cronjob sources the .profile and any other needed environment files.
Last edited by zaxxon; 10-28-2009 at 08:51 AM..
Reason: added info
Hi,
I made this script for TRU Unix 5.1 OS based Node.
When the script was run manually all the commands were running properly. But when it was run from Crontab, one command is not running.
This command is not running when the script is running from Crontab:
#... (2 Replies)
I am facing a strange issue while running a script(eg A) from the crontab entry
the script calls one more script(eg B) within it
now when i run the script A manually(with nohup) it also executes the script B (embedded inside it) as expected.
but when i run the script A from the crontab entry... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I'm trying the backup a few information commands of my Check Point FW (it's on a SPLAT linux machine). This is the script I wrote:
#!/bin/bash
cd /var/tmp/
file1=netstat_`/bin/date +%d%m%y`.txt
file2=ifconfig_`/bin/date +%d%m%y`.txt
file3=cpstatos_`/bin/date +%d%m%y`.txt... (2 Replies)
Hi, I posted this in the Solaris forum but I think this one would be more appropriate.
I created a script starting with the following lines:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
flag=n
export flag
typeset -i quant=0
(...)
When running it I'm getting the following 2 errors:
/tmp/tstscript/testfail.ksh:... (9 Replies)
Hi,
I have created the below script,
set -x
# Set the Path of Environment file
ENV_FILE_DIR=/opt/app/p1trp1c1/sybase/ecdwqdm/xrbid/QDM_Prod/bin
LOG_DIR=/opt/app/p1trp1c1/sybase/ecdwqdm/xrbid/QDM_Prod/log
export ENV_FILE_DIR
export LOG_DIR
# Set Audit Environment
. ${ENV_FILE_DIR}/QDM.env... (8 Replies)
Hi All,
I am having the below script to be run from crontab, it it doesnt run.
1 * * * * /home/cobr_ext/test.sh > /home/cobr_ext/temp.txt
when i run i manally it runs without any issues.
Could please help me as to why doesnt it run the script.:( (7 Replies)
I am facing an issue where sometimes crontab is running script with some delay.
Below is the stmt in script and it is the only stmt in script.
echo "running at `date` " >> CRONCHECK.log
Below is the cron entry.
0 11 * * * CRONCHECK.sh
Below is the time of run each day.
running at Fri... (8 Replies)
hi All,
i have implemented Rsync in my source and destination server. while running through command prompt it is working fine:
ksh rsync_bravo_db.ksh usa0300uz1252.apps.mc.xerox.com /uv1402/u207/home/bravodba/bin/rsync-3.0.9/config/mrsx_rsync.cfg
but later on i created a another ksh and... (4 Replies)
Hi guys!
I created a backup script that works fine when I run manually, but when I put a crontab job to execute it the result are not the expected. (not a time problem).
Here is my script:
bash-3.00# cat /bk_tool/backup2.sh
#!/usr/bin/csh
clear
set DIR_HOST='SCP08'
... (3 Replies)
Hi!
I'm using a RaspberryPi with standard Raspbian.
Currently I'm working on some sort of weather station.
For now I have three python scripts - one which is updating txt files for website - update1m.py ( it will not be necessary in few next days so I'll delete it) , second one for updating... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: bartocham
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
cron
cron(8) System Manager's Manual cron(8)NAME
cron - The system clock daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/cron
DESCRIPTION
The cron daemon runs shell commands at specified dates and times. Commands that are to run according to a regular or periodic schedule are
found within the crontab files. Commands that are to run once only are found within the at files. You submit crontab and at file entries
by using the crontab and at commands. Because the cron process exits only when killed or when the system stops, only one cron daemon
should exist on the system at any given time. Normally, you start the cron daemon from within a run command file.
During process initialization and when cron detects a change, it examines the crontab and at files. This strategy reduces the overhead of
checking for new or changed files at regularly scheduled intervals. The cron command creates a log of its activities. The cron daemon
must be started from the system startup scripts because it must begin execution without a login user ID set. The cron daemon starts each
job with the following process attributes stored with the job by the invoking process: Login user ID Effective and real user IDs Effective
and real group IDs Supplementary groups
It also establishes the following attributes from the authentication profile of the account associated with the login user ID of the invok-
ing process: Audit control and disposition masks Kernel authorizations
DIAGNOSTICS
The at and batch programs will refuse to accept jobs submitted from processes whose login user ID is different from the real user ID.
FILES
Specifies the command path. Main cron directory Directory containing the crontab files. List of allowed users. List of denied users His-
tory information for cron Queue description file for at, batch, and cron
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: at(1), crontab(1), rc0(8), rc2(8), rc3(8)
Files: queuedefs(4) delim off
cron(8)