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Old 04-20-2010
cron does not evaluate the quotes
Hi all,

I have a script that runs perfectly from cmd, but in the cron it gives a strange ':::::::::::::::' output instead of evaluating the part inside the quotes.
this is the script:
Code:
bash-3.00# more test 
#!/bin/ksh
#-----swap---
TEMP_FILE=/HealthCheck/test/file.txt
swap -s | tee $TEMP_FILE
echo "Swap is:\n`more $TEMP_FILE` "
#------------
bash-3.00#

but the output when its run from cron is:

Code:
bash-3.00# more log.log 
total: 3079208k bytes allocated + 142136k reserved = 3221344k used, 4112000k available
Swap is:
::::::::::::::
/HealthCheck/test/file.txt
::::::::::::::
total: 3079208k bytes allocated + 142136k reserved = 3221344k used, 4112000k available 
bash-3.00#

the correct output from cmd is:
Code:
bash-3.00# ./test 
total: 3079136k bytes allocated + 142168k reserved = 3221304k used, 4112048k available
Swap is:
total: 3079136k bytes allocated + 142168k reserved = 3221304k used, 4112048k available 
bash-3.00#


any ideas from anyone? its part of a much bigger script and i will have to make the changes like 100 times to fix the whole script. Does anyone know a magical line i can add to fix it instead?

Thanks.
Last edited by pludi; 04-20-2010 at 11:53 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 04-20-2010
Your cron may be executing with a different shell than you expect. As the first line of your cron, try
Code:
SHELL=/bin/bash

or
Code:
SHELL=/bin/ksh

etc.
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