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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Shell script not getting called through cron job but executes fine manually. Post 302666975 by Dejavu20 on Thursday 5th of July 2012 10:57:08 AM
Old 07-05-2012
Hi Methyl,
I tested the script with contents as mentioned by you but that did'nt work through cron job.

In order to test if the issue is related to wrong scripting ode, I created the following simple script.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
cd /home/myfolder

FILE='*.dmp'
rm $FILE
exit 0

This script if executed manually through putty: sh xyz.sh removes the .dmp file from the myfolder.
The same script when cronned: generates a blank log file but does not removes the .dmp file.
I am really not sure whatss going wrong now.
Last edited by methyl; 07-05-2012 at 03:35 PM.. Reason: please use code tags
 

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