Cron does not normally run jobs within your normal environment. Try invoking the perl scripts through /usr/bin/env. That should pull the environment you normally have at the command prompt into the cron environment for that script.
E.g. if you have this in your crontab:
try instead:
You can then set $HOME, $PATH, $SHELL and anything else you need in your .profile
Hello,
I am trying to accomplish the following.
Send the output of a command to the screen (this happens by default) as well as capture the output of the screen to a log file.
How can this be achieved in DOS command interpreter syntax.
Any ideas/suggesstions/indicators are greatly... (2 Replies)
What is the difference between the(a) shell and the (a) command-line interpreter?
Here we're talking about the complete dummy question, but could someone point me right.
(yes, have written scripts in for instance bash shell,
and and grepp-ed my way around ....:eek: (4 Replies)
What would be the best way or method to determine or test for the shell interpreter at the beginning of a script in the event one shell is not available?
If I use the following:
#!/bin/bash
and /bin/bash is not available, then use I'd like to use /bin/ksh if it is available.
#!/bin/ksh (8 Replies)
I am trying to install net-snmp on an HPUX box. I am getting the fallowing error message when I try to run the snmpconf file. I installed the fallowing version of
net-snmp
net-snmp-5.0.10.2-HP-UX_B.11.11_9000_800.tar and my
HPUX box is version
HP-UX commnms B.11.11 U 9000/800... (2 Replies)
Here is a puzzler.
To start, let me say that I've done a search on this issue and it is definitely not related to line endings being encoded in windows returns.
I get this error when I run SOME perl scripts. I have a script called hello_world.pl. I do $cp hello_world.pl new_hello_world.pl... (0 Replies)
Hi,
Here is the issue. From the program snippet I have Base: 0x1800000000, Size: 0x3FFE7FFFFFFFF which are of 40 and 56 bits. SO I used use bignum to do the math but summing them up I always failed having correct result.
perl interpreter info,
perl, v5.8.8 built for... (0 Replies)
I am looking for a simple BASIC Interpreter written in a shell scripting language.
For me something like this would be a great learning tool...
After much goggle eyed Googling I came upon this:-
https://gist.github.com/cander/2785819
It is small and I haven't tried it yet as I am at work... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: wisecracker
6 Replies
LEARN ABOUT LINUX
suspend
suspend(1) User Commands suspend(1)NAME
suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell
SYNOPSIS
sh
suspend
csh
suspend
ksh
suspend
DESCRIPTION
sh
Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).
csh
Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su.
ksh
Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 suspend(1)