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Old 11-13-2008
PHP sftp in cron
Hi,

I am running simple script to automate sftp transfer to remote box. I have setup public/private keys to have sftp connect automatically and have test script that list remote directory:

Code:
#!/bin/ksh

echo "OK, starting now..."

  sftp userid@host <<EOI
  cd dir
  ls -lt
  bye
EOI

When I run script manually everything is ok and script executeds properly with output:

Code:
OK, starting now...
sftp>   cd dir
sftp>   ls -lt

<dir list>

sftp>   bye

When run through cron I get only the following:

Code:
OK, starting now...

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong or where the problem sits?Smilie
# 2  
Old 11-13-2008
Use the seach function of the forum please and have a look here maybe:
https://www.unix.com/answers-frequent...n-crontab.html
# 3  
Old 11-14-2008
Thanks for the link - this is very useful info.

It does also what I already found out. I just need to set PATH for the script to match the one in my .profile file.

Thanks!
 
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