Crontab Issue

[varajan]

Hi,

I need to execute a shell script which in turn call another few scripts. In addition the scripts also uses variable defined in the .profile. However, when I set up a cron job to execute the script, the processes doesn't get executed, where as any echo statement present is properly displayed.

Any ideas / suggestions ?

Rajan

 

[KenCunningham]

Cron doesn't have an environment of it's own. Therefore you may need to execute the appropriate .profile within your scripts or use the construct su - <user> -c &quot;<command>&quot; to execute it/them within your crontab. Hope this helps.