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Old 04-20-2012
Running shell script via cron

Hi Guys,

I do have a shell script that I scheduled to run via the cron but when the script don't run.

But when I run the script manually it does run perfectly...

What might be the problem?

Thanks.
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Old 04-20-2012
1) Check the cron log
2) Use absolute path ( for the all the files which you are using in the script )
3) Check all the variables are set ( eg. environment, path...etc )
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