Statement returning error only launching the sh script via crontab
hi all,
I created a sh script to import some tables from mysql to hive.
No problem launching it manually, but if I schedule via crontab it returns me an error in the following part:
crontab uses /bin/sh, which may not work for you as a shell. This seems to be your problem (guess on my part). ALWAYS put a "shebang" as the first line of your script, and for cron scripts you probably need to source your personal .profile or .bashrc or whatever.
Example for first 2 lines:
Also, I guessed some things - please tell us your UNIX type and your shell
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in anycase I don't find .profile but only .bash_profile:
This is probably the relevant file.
.profile should be in your HOME directory and is a script which is executed every time you log on. It is executed by the login process itself.
.bashrc (or the similar .bash_profile) is also located in your HOME directory and also a script. It is executed every time a new instance of the shell starts up. The first shell is started by the login process as the last part of logging you on to the system, therefore the two configuration files are often confused. But if you, say, start a new shell in your session typing bash, then .bashrc is execute another time in this new shell, whereas .profile is not.
Also notice that there are system-wide counterparts for both of these files (in CentOS /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc IIRC) that are also executed but prior to your own files. You can override them this way but if you don't you should get a "halfways decent" default configuration at least.
All these files are bypassed by by cron because it is started by the init process, not by login. I have a file f_env for this purpose which i always use to set a standard environment for scripts. This way i never have to worry about putting scripts in the crontab because they are always (not only in cron) using their own environment and not whatever i use for me personally. So my scripts always start with something like:
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The code at the bottom is a simplified example of what we have.
If I use the following:
&& echo "echo failed"
$? returns 1
When I use
if ; then echo "echo failed" ; fi
$? returns 0
Does anyone know what's wrong with this?
Using AIX 6.1 and KSH
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Hi all,
i have the following script
#!/bin/sh
for i in `ps -leaf --cols 1024 | grep LogUser | grep -v grep | awk '{print $4}'`;
do
echo $i
kill -15 $i;
done;
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