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Old 08-19-2005
cron mv command?
I'm using this in cron:

cd public_html/temp mv 2.php 1.php

that command, from ssh, renames the file in the public_html/temp folder from 2.php to 1.php. For some reason it's not doing it via cron, though. Any idea why? Thanks for your time.
# 2  
Old 08-19-2005
This might work a litle better:
Code:
cd public_html/temp; mv 2.php 1.php

and I don't get how your version could work from the command line either.
But who knows?
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Old 08-19-2005
Hi,

that's because when you run the script from the shell you have environment setting loaded, like PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and so on.

You should load these settings into the cron.

hope it helps.

Also remember to use absolute paths:

cd foo/foobar will work depending where am I in the directory tree.

cd /foo/foobar will work, if that directory exist.

You will know where you are stand with pwd command.
# 4  
Old 08-19-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
This might work a litle better:
Code:
cd public_html/temp; mv 2.php 1.php

and I don't get how your version could work from the command line either.
But who knows?

that did it, thanks a bunch Smilie
 
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