04-22-2014
When I've come up with a different behaviour in script vs. cronjob execution, it has turned out to be probably because of one these (presuming you are in the same machine):
- user executing the cron task is different from the one used for testing.
- user is the same for cron and testing BUT it's using different environments.
Logging with "su" instead of "su -" it does not load the user's environment. So when running cron, the system executes the script loading the user's environment, of course. Then if testing when same user but different environment, there are many chances that the script is not going to behave in the same way or in the way expected.
Alternatevely, you may have logged in using a non-interactive shell like ssh to test the script, and then the script run using the local environment.
So how do you log in in the system when testing the script?
K.
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script
script(1) User Commands script(1)
NAME
script - make record of a terminal session
SYNOPSIS
script [-a] [filename]
DESCRIPTION
The script utility makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the
record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS.
The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends
when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed.
OPTIONS
The following option is supported:
-a Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it.
NOTES
script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|CSI |Enabled |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
attributes(5)
WARNINGS
script can pose a security risk when used in directories that are writable by other users (for example, /tmp), especially when run by a
privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script.
SunOS 5.11 30 Jan 2004 script(1)