Re: script run from crontab, output not appearing as expected

From: Renison, Rick (rick.renison_at_EDS.COM)
Date: 11/23/04

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    Probably an environment issue.
    If you run a file in your own environment (in .kshrc, .profile, etc.), then
    add this to the cron script. For example ". /fullpath/env_file".

    Rick Renison, EDS Canada, DuSC, Oshawa, Ontario
    There's no place like 127.0.0.1
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    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
    Andrew Townsend
    Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:59 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: script run from crontab, output not appearing as expected

    I created a script that requires one argument. When I run the script from
    the command line as root, my output appears as expected. When I run it from
    cron however, my output is not as expected. It is a TSM script that gathers
    information and outputs it into a file. From the command line, it shows me
    how much data has been backed up, from the crontab, it just shows zero in
    each column.

    Thus far, I am looking at this as a cron issue, not a TSM issue so I asked
    it here. If this is the wrong place for it, my apologies.

    Thanks in advance,

    Drew

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