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# 1  
Old 12-19-2009
Problems with script running with crontab
Hi,

I'm trying the backup a few information commands of my Check Point FW (it's on a SPLAT linux machine). This is the script I wrote:

Code:
#!/bin/bash
 
cd /var/tmp/
 
file1=netstat_`/bin/date +%d%m%y`.txt
file2=ifconfig_`/bin/date +%d%m%y`.txt
file3=cpstatos_`/bin/date +%d%m%y`.txt
file4=cphaprob_`/bin/date +%d%m%y`.txt
filetar=/var/backup_scripts/`hostname`_netstat_`/bin/date +%d%m%y`.tgz


netstat -rn > $file1 
ifconfig -a > $file2 
cpstat os > $file3 
cphaprob -a if > $file4
tar -zcvf $filetar *.txt 
scp $filetar sph1@1.1.1.1:/var/backup/modules/sph1 && rm {*.txt,$filetar} && echo "ok"

If I ran the script Manually it works ok. If I ran it via crontab:

Code:
34 6 * * * /var/backup_scripts/backup.sh

three files ($file1 , $file2 and $file3) are generated with no data in them at all (0 bytes). Again , if I manually start the script all the files are created with all the data in them.

Can someone tell me ehat could be wrong with the script ?

10x in advance,

Nirsh
Last edited by pludi; 12-19-2009 at 11:25 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 12-19-2009
You have to either load your profile in your script or you should use full path for all commands in the script. The cron will give only a minimal default environment for the shell.

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Anu Bhaskar
Last edited by vbe; 01-21-2010 at 10:17 AM..
# 3  
Old 01-20-2010
I had the exact issue ....
I had the same issue some time ago, I had a script named func.sh its path was /usr/local/bin/house_keeping

so my cron entry was something like

05 00 * * * /usr/local/bin/house_keeping/func.sh

it was working fine from command line and no matter what i did i was unable to get it work from cron

Finally I changed the file name for "func.sh" to "func"

and the directory "house_keeping" to "housekeeping" it went through well...Smilie

please refer

Cron, run-parts and script names
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