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Old 10-29-2012
Wrong output when run via Cron
Hello,

This may be a simple one, but i can't see what the issue is.

When i run the script via CLI, then i get the correct output via the if statement, but when i run via CRON i get the wrong statement.

Code:
echo " Checking Job Status" >> $DIR/Bpimagecleanup_$DATE
JOB_STATUS=`/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpdbjobs | grep -i image | awk 'NR==1{print $4}'`
echo " Finished Job Status" >> $DIR/Bpimagecleanup_$DATE

echo $JOB_STATUS >> $DIR/Bpimagecleanup_$DATE

if [[ $JOB_STATUS = "Done" ]];then
 echo "Bpimagecleanup Kicked off" >> $DIR/Bpimagecleanup_$DATE
 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimage -cleanup -allclients
else
 echo "No action - Bpimage running!!!" >> $DIR/Bpimagecleanup_$DATE
fi

Code:
Output via CLI

 Checking Job Status
 Finished Job Status
Done
Bpimagecleanup Kicked off


Code:
Output via CRON

 Checking Job Status
 Finished Job Status
Done
No action - Bpimage running!!!


What is wrong in the statement, i have been looking at the code to long to notice the issue.

I should get "Bpimagecleanup Kicked off" as no job is running and the job status is done...

Thanks
# 2  
Old 10-29-2012
Code:
# this
if [[ $JOB_STATUS = "Done" ]];then
# should be ---   (notice the spaces.)
if [[ $JOB_STATUS = "Done" ]] ; then

If you do no specify the shell with a shebang ( Ex: #!/bin/ksh ) then the cron daemon uses /bin/sh. This may not be the same shell you use from the command line. Changing shells impacts lots of things. I'm guessing the syntax error is the problem.

Do you see anything in mailx (as the use who owns the crontab) about the job?
# 3  
Old 10-29-2012
I did try that before and i also tried it now and made no difference

also the script is running as following

#! /bin/ksh
set -x
#
#
#
# 4  
Old 10-29-2012
Can you source your .profile file in your CRON entry and retry?

Code:
* * * * * . .profile; <your script>

Last edited by Yoda; 10-29-2012 at 01:11 PM..
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