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# 8  
Old 02-23-2010
Omg it's absolutely mysterious your command is also working without a problem. Now I renamed my script, an now crontab work with the script. But not right. There is a if-else-tie and crontab works only with the true part.
I don't understand why.

---------- Post updated at 05:06 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:49 AM ----------

sry sry sry i found my fault.

I used aliases in my script, so with bash on the console it worked. But with crontab there are no aliases available.

Ok solved!
# 9  
Old 02-23-2010
There is nothing stopping you to put a
Code:
. <myhome>/.profile

in your cron bash script if you wish to use your aliases
# 10  
Old 02-23-2010
When did /usr/bin/bash become available for HP-UX B.11.11 ?
# 11  
Old 02-23-2010
bash-4.0.033 #sept 2009
But what does it bring more compared to hpux standard ksh?
I certainly would not use it for administration tasks...(compatibility purpose for a start...)
# 12  
Old 02-23-2010
Thanks vbe. I didn't know that.
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