Thank you very much Larry!
I'll try! Your message is very clear.
Bye
Christian
(I'm very satisfied with CYGWIN, great job!)
- Original Message -
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Christian Lanconelli (servizio)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: help cron cygwin
> Christian Lanconelli (servizio) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > CRON can run commands wrote in fortran containing the call system()
> > statement?
> > this is my program : trasf_DOS.f
> > It write a DOS batch file that is immediately run by the 'call system
> > ("copio.bat")' statement-
> > It WORK WELL in the bash shell (cygwin because I use the DOS commands
xcopy)
> > but can't run as a cron scheduled job.
> > Both trasf_DOS.exe, and copio.bat, are in the $PATH.
> >
> > 1) IT WORKS NORMALLY:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /cygdrive/c/cvi/ICARO/dati
> > $ ./trasf_DOS.exe
> >
> > sab 07/01/2006
> > Prima della trasformazione: 7 1 2006
> > Dopo la trasformazione: 6 1 6
> > === Copio i file lanciando il batch appena creato ===
> > c:\cvi\ICARO\dati>xcopy c:\cvi\ICARO\dati\??060106.* \\pc27\CO2_O3\ /D
/F
> > /Z
> > C:\cvi\ICARO\dati\DD060106.GAS -> \\pc27\CO2_O3\DD060106.GAS
> > C:\cvi\ICARO\dati\DD060106.MET -> \\pc27\CO2_O3\DD060106.MET
> > C:\cvi\ICARO\dati\DD060106.RAD -> \\pc27\CO2_O3\DD060106.RAD
> > C:\cvi\ICARO\dati\MN060106.DEU -> \\pc27\CO2_O3\MN060106.DEU
> > C:\cvi\ICARO\dati\MN060106.GAS -> \\pc27\CO2_O3\MN060106.GAS
> > C:\cvi\ICARO\dati\MN060106.MET -> \\pc27\CO2_O3\MN060106.MET
> > C:\cvi\ICARO\dati\MN060106.RAD -> \\pc27\CO2_O3\MN060106.RAD
> > 7 File copiati
> >
> > (end of trasf_DOS.exe)
> >
> > 2) IT IS IN THE PATH
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /cygdrive/c/cvi/ICARO/dati
> > $ echo $PATH
> >
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32:/cygd
> > rive
> > /c/WINNT:/cygdrive/c/VXIPNP/WinNT/Bin:/cygdrive/c/cvi/icaro/dati
> >
> > 3) Here are the crontab -l output:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /cygdrive/c/cvi/ICARO/dati
> > $ crontab -l
> > 40 * * * * trasf_DOS.exe;echo "tab eseguito alle
> > $(date)">/home/Administrator/cronlog
> >
> > The file "cronlog" is regularly updated. But trasf_DOS appears not work!
> >
> > Can you help me? What's my error?
>
> It's a common cron misconception that occurs across all platforms on
> which it runs. The fact that a script runs when logged in but not in cron
> suggests that it is a path issue. Don't assume the path is right. Don't
> assume that things cron runs will have exactly the same environment you
> have on the command line. Write defensively scripts/apps that cron will
run.
> In this case, providing the fully qualified path to your executable and
> copio.bat when they are invoked should help. Keep in mind as well that
> Cygwin compiled programs are going to invoke Cygwin's system(), not
Windows,
> and that .bat files aren't going to be interpreted properly by any Cygwin
> shell. So you'll probably want to invoke a fully qualified "command.com"
> or "cmd.exe" as part of your system() call, depending on your target
platform.
>
>
> --
> Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com
> RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
> 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX
> Holliston, MA 01746
>
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