stty: : No such device or address 2

[dsm666]

could someone please advise what could be causing this error. Here is the entire thing: The messages are viewable when I type mail. thanks


Your "cron" job on us351
[ /ceunix/etc/pullFileWithTodaysDate.sh ] && /ceunix/etc/pullFileWithTodaysDate.sh -ftphost hostname -ftpuser user@myhost.come -ftppwd password -remotedir 'dir/dir' -filename "test.txt" -filetrigger '

produced the following output:

stty: : No such device or address

in the script that kicks off the .profile is being called using
. /ceunix/.profile


Thanks so much

 

[columb]

This looks like a classic case of a script which works fine when run from the command line but fails when run from the cron.

The 'stty' command is used to set or view characteristics about the terminal being used. When a command is run under a cron there is no terminal so stty fails with the message you quote.

What happens when you run

grep stty /ceunix/etc/pullFileWithTodaysDate.sh

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Columb Healy

 

[PHV]

In the stty man page look at the -s option
or
in the test man page look at the -t primitive.

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[dsm666]

thanks for taking the time.
actually the script runs from cron, but it does produce a lot of information when I type mail.
In that script the user profile is being called which has
stty erase ^H

 

[PHV]

Replace this:
stty erase ^H
with this:
tty -s && stty erase ^H

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[dsm666]

Thanks so much for your help.