topic Re: Script advice in Operating System - HP-UX

Script advice

Fenglin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:12:52 GMT

Hi

I created a script to gzip some files in a specified directory. The files in the directory are owned by a, group b. My script was created by root,group sys.

When I run the script manually, it works perfectly fine. When I schedule it, it works partially. May I know why?

What do I need to change to make it work perfectly when I schedule it?

Regards
Feng Lin

Re: Script advice

Michal Kapalka (mikap) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:15:09 GMT

hi,

if you schedule it under root, them use

su - USER_A or run the script directly under the USER_A crontab.

mikap

Re: Script advice

Patrick Wallek — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:23:59 GMT

>>When I schedule it, it works partially.

What do you mean "it works partially"? What works? What does not work? What exactly does it do when you schedule it?

Examples of what is not working, and the script itself, would be helpful.

Re: Script advice

Fenglin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:27:22 GMT

Hi

What I meant was only some of the files that need to be gzipped got gzipped. The rest were not gzipped.

Regards
Feng Lin

Re: Script advice

Patrick Wallek — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:37:16 GMT

Are any errors generated?

Are you running the script as root or as some other user?

Again, actually seeing your script might help us, as would seeing the file list so we can see what was and was not gzip'd.

Re: Script advice

Fenglin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:39:47 GMT

Hi

I will try Mikap advice first.

Cheers
Feng Lin