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# 1  
Old 07-08-2008
crontab
Simple script that removed some files successfully as script sh -x
But not working in crontab, however it fires and writes log files even some count of the files
I set all env and user interaction
The crontab runs in the same user where the files are there.

Script:

## Set the Environment
##. $HOME/.profile

#!/usr/bin/ksh

ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_HOME
ORASID=xyz
ORAUSER=xyz
ORAPASS=xyz
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/...

FILE_FOLDER=/u01/temp/
RPT_FOLDER=/u02/temp/
export FILE_FOLDER RPT_FOLDER

lc_new=`ls -lrt $RPT_FOLDER/ | grep "invoice"|wc -l`
export lc_new

echo "Its time to cleanup" $lc_new "files"
ls -lrt $RPT_FOLDER |grep " invoice "|awk '{print $9}'|xargs rm -f


In log file we can see the count i.e: "Its time to cleanup 48 files"
# 2  
Old 07-08-2008
IT doesnt work when invoked by cron because cron knows nothing of your environment:
starting by the path.. this explains why it works so well when you (env loaded...) execute the same script...
Add in the script all cron needs and it will work fine...
# 3  
Old 07-08-2008
The "rm" will try to delete files from the home directory not from $RPT_FOLDER because the filename "$9" does not contain the directory name.
# 4  
Old 07-08-2008

OK, but how come it correctly count the files from that dir
and writes in the log file.
(Have did a double check)

Thank you,
# 5  
Old 07-08-2008
$lc has been invoked the some special "new files". so we trying to insert the new file.
# 6  
Old 07-08-2008
Have modified ($lc) and still its not working.

Simple ques:
why the script cant remove the file
same time how can it read that file.

Note:The crontab runs in the same user where the files are there.


Thanks,
# 7  
Old 07-08-2008
The script may work from the command prompt if the current directory happens to be $RPT_FOLDER and none of the filenames contain a space character.

On closer examination, your first grep looks for "invoice", and your second grep looks for "<space>invoice<space>".
Is "invoice" part of the filename or something else like the unix user or unix group name>?
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