topic Re: Script running in shell, not in cron in Operating System - HP-UX

Script running in shell, not in cron

Marco Camacho_1 — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:06:21 GMT

Hi all.
Is there a way to run .profile file to read all the environment variables and execute a script in the same crontab line?
I run my shell fine in a ssh session, when a i run it from a cron , it does not run due to variables not assigned. I would preferto to read the .profile instead off add all the variables in each script. Thanks all!

Re: Script running in shell, not in cron

Patrick Wallek — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:25:10 GMT

While it is not ideal you can do:

. /path/to/.profile ; /path/to/script

in your crontab command.

Re: Script running in shell, not in cron

Peter Nikitka — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:32:10 GMT

Hi,

additionally to sourcing, you should check the profile for commands like who, stty, ... which require the existence of a valid tty.

...
if [ -t 1 ]
then stty kill ^K ...
fi
...

mfG Peter

Re: Script running in shell, not in cron

Marco Camacho_1 — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:29:54 GMT

Thanks Peter & Patrick, i'll take in count your advices. Regards.

Re: Script running in shell, not in cron

Fredrik.eriksson — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:06:49 GMT

Why not just do like this in the top of your script:

#!/bin/sh
. /path/to/.profile

This will include the .profile and all the definitions in it (it's the "." that does it). This way if you change your .profile all your scripts will also recieve the changes :)
Just remember the space between "." and "/path". "./path" is not the same as ". /path".

Best regards
Fredrik Eriksson