topic Re: Cron question in Operating System - Linux

Cron question

Brian Ham — Fri, 07 Feb 2003 13:53:15 GMT

I am trying to automate a script using cron. I can run/execute from command line: /var/adm/scripts/scriptname

When I set cron to run the job I receive command not found.

Any ideas?

Re: Cron question

John Poff — Fri, 07 Feb 2003 16:43:03 GMT

Hi,

Your cron job doesn't get the $PATH variable set like you do in a shell, so you might need to set the $PATH inside of your script. Also, make sure that the user running the cron job has access and permission to run the script, and that the full path to the script is specified in cron.

JP

Re: Cron question

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 07 Feb 2003 22:19:10 GMT

No need to point this.

But /var filesystem is usually used for logs and other variable data, sometimes websites.

Scripts and such are USUALLY put somewhere in /usr

/usr is usually more stable in size and scripts don't grow so its a good place to put them.

Why am I bothering you about this? Because if someone else ever has to work on that system in an emergency, it might cause confusion.

SEP

Re: Cron question

Jose Ha — Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:55:50 GMT

I believe the following paper can help you.

document description: cron: script works from command line but not from cron

document id: KBAN00000210