Unix Cron Job

[yy2]

Hi,

I am facing some problem while executing the process thru cron. My execution scripts (KORN shell) will be something as below:

echo U$(tput kf9)$(tput kf9)|/prog/bin/prog1.exe M A 1>/prog/log/cron.log

In my cron.log, I can see that the 1st input parameters is not passing in to the program correctly therefore it is prompting invalid entry. However, when I execute the program manually thru command line,it is working fine.

Anyone have any clue what cause the problem?


/prog/log/cron.log details:
---------------------------
ENTRY TO CREATE THE IMP AND LOG ACCOUNTS "ADD" FILE, ENTER 'A' O
R TO CREATE THE IMP AND LOG ACCOUNTS "UPDATE" FILE, ENTER 'U' OR TO PREPAR
E THE "ADD" OR "UPDATE" FILE FOR FTP TRANSMISSION, ENTER 'S' ENTER YOUR CHOICE..
. (A/U/S) prog.exe/01 A. A. A. DATE 26/06/2006 VERSION 6.7.00 CREATE/SAVE IMP
/LOG FILE FOR IBS F7 CANCEL / F9 ACCEPT ^HU^HH^H Invalid entry
Invalid entry Invalid entry Invali
d entry Invalid entry

 

[PHV]

Is the TERM variable defined and exported in your cron job ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[yy2]

Yes, both the TERM and TERMCAP are exported in my scripts.

We are using TERM=wy150.

Is there any other setting that has been missed out?