AIX

hi,
I want to the AIX to check if file exist everyday and send me notification email.
I added this to the root file in /var/spool/cron/crontabs

Code:

0 10 * * * /usr/sendS40No.sh > /dev/null 2>&1

I tried also

Code:

0 10 * * * /usr/sendS40No.sh

and in the sendS40No.sh i wrote this

Code:

if [ -e "/autoline/REV8/zero/MS/BM/xfer/project/I0000001.H0002351.VTPD PD S040" ]
then
	echo "there is a file. run the reports tomorrow" | mail -v a@something.com
else
	echo "there is No File" | mail -v a@something.com
	
fi

if i will run the file using the sh command im getting the result, but its not running using the cron i dont know why,
have in mind that we are running daily backup using cron and its working fine. but my job is not running..
any advice?

Hi,

You will have to ensure that the cron daemon has the correct environment to run the shell.

You can accomplish this by sourcing your .profile.

Regards

Dave

hi Dave, thanks for the quick reply.
I'm sorry, I'm not that strong in AIX.
so, how to do this?

---------- Post updated at 02:32 AM ---------- Previous update was at 02:30 AM ----------

I tried source ~/.profile, but i got this message

Code:

# source ~/.profile
ksh: source:  not found.
#

Hi,

You'll have to check the correct syntax and file type/name you don't say anything about yor shell etc...

It will most likely be;

Code:

. ${HOME}/.profile

Or replace the first dot with source like this.

Code:

source ${HOME}/.profile

The files could have a different name depending on your shell etc.

Regards

Dave

---------- Post updated at 08:40 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:36 AM ----------

Hi,

I see that you are using ksh.

You can try;

Code:

source /home/mydir/.profile
source /home/mydir/.kshrc

Regards

Dave

Code:

source /home/mydir/.profile

mydir mean the user directory right?
I'm using the root user, but i cant find /home/root/
i have /home/common
/home/anonymou
and other directories
but there is no /home/root/
i think there is something wrong, right?

Hi,

No, there is nothing wrong, if you can you should run this as an other user. But if you have to run this as root the files you will be looking for are in the "root" directory - this is also abreviated to "/".

Regards

Dave

For all the "normal" users the homedirectory is named /home/username, but for the root user it is /. You can change this (and some - including the Linux makers - think this is a good idea) by using the chuser command or by changing the entry in the file /etc/passwd.

Apart from this i suggest you add a "shebang" line to your script to make sure that the same interpreter is loaded consistently to run it:

Code:

#! /bin/ksh

<rest of your script>

This will change nothing for your script but will make sure the executable /bin/ksh is loaded first and then fed your script as code.

From your two possibilities mentioned in post #1 the first was correct:

Code:

0 10 * * * /usr/sendS40No.sh > /dev/null 2>&1

is how a cron entry should look like. The second one would send any output to <stdout> or <stderr> as a mail to root, which is most probably not what you want.

I hope this helps.

bakunin