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# 1  
Old 11-20-2019
Script when scheduled in Crontab gives extra records in output
Hi,

We have created a script that's checks the latency of IIDR subscription by fetching details from a config file (that contains subscription details) and running the CHCCLP command. The out put is then concatenated in a csv file. Once all subscription details are saved the script send a mail alert to the recipients. This script works perfectly when run manually but when we are running it through Crontab the output multiplies with every iteration. So the report should should always give report of 23 subscription but with crontab with every nth iteration the output is 23*n. Could you please help me with some suggestion to resolve this issue.
# 2  
Old 11-20-2019
Hi,

You don't give us much to go on here. You should atleast include the OS and version information when posting in the forum.

It would also be helpfull to see the code (don't for get to use the code tags).

In most cases when a script runs from the shell and doesn't run from the users crontab there is an environment difference.

So if you could post the OS and level along with the cron entry and the script we can probably assist you further.

Regards

Gull04
# 3  
Old 11-20-2019
Distributor ID: RedHatEnterpriseServer
Description: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.9 (Tikanga)
Release: 5.9
Codename: Tikanga

Code:
#!/bin/bash
host=`hostname`
while read LINE
do
        subscription=`echo $LINE | cut -d ':' -f1`
        src=`echo $LINE | cut -d ':' -f2`
        target=`echo $LINE | cut -d ':' -f3`
        /e00/ibm/access_server/bin/chcclp -f /home/cdc_access/scripts/Subscription_Latency.cmd source:$src target:$target subscription:$subscription >/home/cdc_access/scripts/Status.log
        if `grep -q "not mirroring" /home/cdc_access/scripts/Status.log`
        then
                latency=`echo "NULL"`
                substatus=`echo "Not-Mirroring"`
                echo -e "$subscription\t$src\t$target\t$substatus\t$latency">>/home/cdc_access/scripts/LatencyStatus.csv
        else
                awk '(NR==21)' < /home/cdc_access/scripts/Status.log > /home/cdc_access/scripts/outputfile.txt
                sec=`awk '{print $(NF)}' </home/cdc_access/scripts/outputfile.txt`
                substatus=`echo "Mirroring"`
                latency=`echo - | awk -v "S=$sec" '{printf "%dh:%dm:%ds",S/(60*60),S%(60*60)/60,S%60}'`
                echo -e "$subscription\t$src\t$target\t$substatus\t$latency">>/home/cdc_access/scripts/LatencyStatus.csv
        fi
done </home/cdc_access/scripts/SubscriptionList.cfg;
EMAIL_ID=`cat /home/cdc_access/scripts/MailList.cfg`;
awk -v EMAIL_ID="$EMAIL_ID" -v host="$host" ' BEGIN{
print "From:XXXXXXXXXXXXXX@"host
print "TO: "EMAIL_ID
print "MIME-Version: 1.0"
print "Content-Type: text/html"
print "Subject: IIDR Subscription Latency Status on Production"
print "<html><body><p>Hi Team,<br /><br />Please find the below status of the IIDR Subscriptions and their latency.</p><table border=2 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3"
print "<tr>"
print "<td bgcolor="blue"><b>Subscription Name</b></td>";
print "<td bgcolot="blue"><b>Source Datastore</b></td>";
print "<td bgcolor="blue"><b>Target Datastore</b></td>";
print "<td bgcolor="blue"><b>Subscription Status</b></td>";
print "<td bgcolor="blue"><b>Latency(hh:mm:ss)</b></td>";
print "</tr>"
}{
print "<tr>"
print "<td>"$1"</td>";
print "<td>"$2"</td>";
print "<td>"$3"</td>";
print "<td>"$4"</td>";
print "<td>"$5"</td>";
print "</tr>"
}END{
print "</table><p>IBM Infosphere Data Replication Monitoring Script</p></body></html>"
} ' LatencyStatus.csv | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t
rm -f  /home/cdc_access/scripts/LatencyStatus.csv
rm -f  /home/cdc_access/scripts/outputfile.txt
rm -f /home/cdc_access/scripts/Status.log

# 4  
Old 11-20-2019
Hi,

Can you check under the users home directory for more than one copy of the "LatencyStatus.csv" file, there may be une under /home/cdc_access/scripts and one under /home/cdc_access

Regards

Gull04
# 5  
Old 11-20-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by ab095
Hi,

This script works perfectly when run manually but when we are running it through Crontab the output multiplies with every iteration .....
These types of issues are generally caused by PATH (shell environmental) and file permission issues.

You did not yet provide any user information for either running the script manually or in a crontab; and nor did you provide the environmental variables for the respective users. It matters (the user and the environmental variables).

When you provide that information, the root cause of any issue should start to be more clear.

But please also address gull's line of questioning as well.

Thanks,.
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# 6  
Old 11-20-2019
Hi Gull04,

I found a copy of "LatencyStatus.csv" file, under /home/cdc_access. I removed the file and tried running the crontab but this time there is no output records in the mail report.
Got the output error
Code:
awk: cmd. line:13: fatal: cannot open file `LatencyStatus.csv' for reading (No such file or directory).

Last edited by vbe; 11-20-2019 at 08:55 AM..
# 7  
Old 11-20-2019
Hi,

You should put the full path to the file in the script at;

Code:
}END{
print "</table><p>IBM Infosphere Data Replication Monitoring Script</p></body></html>"
} ' /home/cdc_access/scripts/LatencyStatus.csv | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t

Please note there may still be issues and if you need futher assistance, you will need to provide the additional information that was requested.

Regards

Gull04
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