Cron question

[Brian Ham]

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?

[John Poff · Accepted solution]

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

[Steven E. Protter]

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

[Jose Ha]

I believe the following paper can help you.

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

document id: KBAN00000210