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This doesn't work from cron?

Code:

#!/bin/sh
PWD=`pwd`
printf "My path $PWD lalalala"

Your code works but what I need is:

crontab

Code:

0 * * * * sh /scriptpath/etc/myscript.sh

myscript.sh:
This can be done in crontab I don't mind as long as $PWD will run on scriptNeeded2Run. I just added this script so I could upload my profile and any other environment setting needed as suggested in other forums!

scriptNeeded2Run:

I cannot modify this script because it's not mine, and it works on command line so no code can be added here, it has to be in myscript.sh or crontab.


To resume, I run sh ./myscript.sh from command line i get "My path /path/i/am/right/now lalalala"
If it runs in cron i get "My path lalalala"

Thanks!

any particular reason why you do this ??:

Code:

sh /mypath/etc/scriptNeeded2Run

instead of this:

Code:

/mypath/etc/scriptNeeded2Run

I realized I copied it wrong to the forum, I corrected it right after. There's no sh.

thanks

problem solved?

No, PWD doesn't get carried.

There must be a setting that I can set either in my .profile, crontab or my sh script so that scriptNeeded2Run can recognize $PWD inside!

How does people run scripts that use $PWD that are run through cron!

---------- Post updated at 01:45 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:31 PM ----------

vgersh99 thanks so much!
I used your PWD=`pwd` idea and added the export to make it work, thanks for the light.

For the people that needs this solution in the future:

Code:

#!/bin/sh 
. $HOME/.profile
PWD=`pwd` 
export PWD
/mypath/etc/scriptNeeded2Run

I added the export PWD in my sh code! when i did this in the profile it didint work.

Thanks so so much all. solved!