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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Linux ksh script not working in crontab Post 302962635 by mrn6430 on Wednesday 16th of December 2015 08:11:38 PM
Old 12-16-2015
Linux ksh script not working in crontab
I am Not sure why following script is not capturing the counts only when using crontab !! when I run it fromt he command line it is fine ! what is missing here !

Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh

host=`uname -n`
tdate=`date`
userid='dbid/password'

totalevents=`sqlplus -s $userid << -
  set timing off
  set head off
  select count(1) from async_data_transfer where interface_id='9';

-
`
totalevents=$(echo $totalevents | tr -d '\n ')

EmailList=hello@yahoo.com\

"
echo "$totalevents"
echo "Estimated queue accumulated per SSG in Reston  =  $totalevents events. " | mailx -s "$host Reston SSG Queue Counts" $EmailList
exit 0


Here is my crontab looks like:

Code:
0,15,30,45 * * * * /home/cpac/scripts/CommandLine/chkssgQueue.ksh > /dev/null

---------- Post updated at 07:11 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:25 PM ----------

Just figured it out. I just needed to add this line to my script:
Code:
. ${HOME}/.profile

crontab just does not have a way to know where my sqlplus is located. It worked when I added that line and it worked.
Last edited by rbatte1; 12-18-2015 at 09:59 AM.. Reason: Added CODE tags
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

bcrontab

bcrontab(1)						      General Commands Manual						       bcrontab(1)

NAME

       bcrontab - Manage users crontab files

SYNOPSIS

       bcrontab [ -u user ] file

       bcrontab [ -u user ] { -l | -r | -e }

DESCRIPTION

       bcrontab interfaces with the bcron-spool daemon to manage crontab files in the privileged spool directory.

OPTIONS

       -u user
	      Tell  bcron-spool  that we are acting on behalf of the named user.  bcron-spool will only accept the username if bcrontab is running
	      as either root or the same user ID as the named user.

       -l     List the cronab crontab to standard output.

       -r     Remove the user's crontab.

       -e     Edit the current crontab.

ENVIRONMENT

       VISUAL If this is set, it is used as the editor to invoke to edit a crontab.

       EDITOR If $VISUAL is not set and this is, it is used as the editor to invoke to edit a crontab.	If neither are set, /bin/vi is used.

       BCRON_SOCKET
	      The path to the named socket used to communicate with bcron-spool.  Defaults to /var/run/bcron-spool.

       LOGNAME

       USER   These two variables are used, in order, to determine the user name invoking the program.	One must be set if the -u  option  is  not
	      used.

FILES

       bcrontab  tries	to  writes  a  temporary  file	into the current directory, and then into /tmp if that fails, in order to edit the current
       crontab.

SEE ALSO

       bcron-spool(8), crontab(5)

AUTHOR

       Bruce Guenter <bruceg@em.ca>

																       bcrontab(1)
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