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# 1  
Old 06-27-2012
Error crontab using shell script to sync files.
Hi,

I developed one shell script where it will sync the files using perforce,
Code:
#!/bin/bash
TERM=linux
export TERM

clear
echo ""
$PATH
echo ""
cd /u/userk/p4/p4_client/TES_DATE
echo ""

echo "Sync p4 "
p4 sync

echo "Executing for second time "
p4 -u userk -p p4net:161 -c userk:p4_client sync

this script executes well when i execute from my directory, i want this script to run every 15 min, and sync the latest files using perforce(p4) so i am using cronjob to achive this, my crontab files goes like this
Code:
MAILTO=userk@abensdes.com
*/15 * * * * /u/userk/auto_sync_p4.sh

this cronjob is executed, but files are not synced , and i am getting
Code:
p4 command not found.

Please let me know how to execute p4 command from cronjob.

Regards,
asak
# 2  
Old 06-27-2012
Perhaps "p4" command is not in your PATH.
use the fully qualified path for p4. like .

Code:
/some/path/p4 sync

# 3  
Old 06-27-2012
Hi Clx,

i tried by giving complete path getting like this,
Code:
/u/userk/p4/p4_client/p4: No such file or directory

and one more thing, i am going into the directory where p4 is present using cd and then i
am executing p4 sync.

Code:
echo ""
cd /u/userk/p4/p4_client/TES_DATE
echo ""

echo "Sync p4 "
p4 sync

Regards,
asak
# 4  
Old 06-27-2012
Code:
 
cd /u/userk/p4/p4_client/TES_DATE
echo ""

echo "Sync p4 "
p4 sync

Code:
 
i tried by giving complete path getting like this,


Code:
/u/userk/p4/p4_client/p4: No such file or directory

# 5  
Old 06-27-2012
Hi itkamaraj,

Giving complete path also gives the same error,

Code:
/u/userk/p4/p4_client/TES_DATE/ p4: No such file or directory

Regards,
asak
# 6  
Old 06-27-2012
still, i see the space in between the DATE/ and p4

Code:
 
/u/userk/p4/p4_client/TES_DATE/ p4

# 7  
Old 06-27-2012
I tried with space and also without space, p4 is a command so i tried giving with space , still same i am getting, the script runs fine when i execute from my home directory, but when i execute from cronjob, it shows p4 command not found or No such file or directory
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