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Old 02-09-2015
Script not working via crontab

Hi,
I have written one script which is connecting to the the database and generating one CSV, it is running fine when i ran it manually though it is throwing any warning but CSV is generating and working fine but same script when i have configured in crontab not working and giving error, kindly help.

script contents:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
sqlplus -s /nolog << EOF
CONNECT plmc/plmb@whb
@csvgenerator.sql
end;
/
EOF

-----------------------------------
Script running successfully as below, running fine



$ sh test.sh
Session altered.
CSV generated

Crontab entry:

Code:
06 00 * * * ksh  ". ./.profile; /data2/users/cmw/PKG12/test_data.sh" > /tmp/testoutput.txt 2>&1


Error :
SP2-0310: unable to open file "csvgenerator.sql "
SP2-0042: unknown command "end" - rest of line ignored.
SP2-0103: Nothing in SQL buffer to run.



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