Script running in shell, not in cron

[Marco Camacho_1]

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!

[Patrick Wallek]

While it is not ideal you can do:

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

in your crontab command.

[Peter Nikitka]

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

[Marco Camacho_1]

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

[Fredrik.eriksson]

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