[OpenIndiana-discuss] command will not run from cron but will from CLI
I have not been able to get even a simple command to run from cron. For a test I created this script: #!/bin/sh export PATH="/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/root" /bin/echo "test" > /root/test.log It runs from the command line but does not from cron: 55 11 9 * * * /root/test The log shows: > CMD: * /root/test > root 17987 c Mon May 9 11:55:00 2016 < root 17987 c Mon May 9 11:55:00 2016 rc=127 Also see: # ls -l /root/test -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 85 May 9 11:57 /root/test Looks like it cannot fork but /bin/sh, /bin/echo and /root/test all work from the command line. What am I missing? Regards, David Koski ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] command will not run from cron but will from CLI
On 05/09/16 15:01, da...@kosmosisland.com wrote: > I have not been able to get even a simple command to run from cron. For a > test I created this script: > > #!/bin/sh > > export PATH="/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/root" > /bin/echo "test" > /root/test.log > > It runs from the command line but does not from cron: > > 55 11 9 * * * /root/test > > The log shows: > >> CMD: * /root/test >> root 17987 c Mon May 9 11:55:00 2016 > < root 17987 c Mon May 9 11:55:00 2016 rc=127 > > Also see: > # ls -l /root/test > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 85 May 9 11:57 /root/test > > > Looks like it cannot fork but /bin/sh, /bin/echo and /root/test all work > from the command line. What am I missing? At a guess, it's saying "PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/root: is not an identifier". Try either: PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/root export PATH or: #!/bin/ksh -- James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] command will not run from cron but will from CLI
On Mon, 9 May 2016, da...@kosmosisland.com wrote: > I have not been able to get even a simple command to run from cron. For a > test I created this script: > > #!/bin/sh > > export PATH="/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/root" /bin/sh doesn't support that nomenclature for exporting variables; you have to define them in one statement and export them in another. For example: PATH="/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/root" export PATH -- Rich Teer, Publisher Vinylphile Magazine www.vinylphilemag.com ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] command will not run from cron but will from CLI
On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:01 PM, wrote: > I have not been able to get even a simple command to run from cron. For a > test I created this script: > > #!/bin/sh > > export PATH="/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/root" > /bin/echo "test" > /root/test.log > > It runs from the command line but does not from cron: > > 55 11 9 * * * /root/test > > The log shows: > > > CMD: * /root/test > > root 17987 c Mon May 9 11:55:00 2016 > < root 17987 c Mon May 9 11:55:00 2016 rc=127 > It's not the script, it's your crontab entry. The command it's trying to run (see the CMD in the log) is * /root/test and, indeed, where there should be 5 time specifiers in the crontab entry you have 6: 55 11 9 * * * -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] command will not run from cron but will from CLI
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:01 PM, wrote: > >> I have not been able to get even a simple command to run from cron. For >> a >> test I created this script: >> >> #!/bin/sh >> >> export PATH="/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/root" >> /bin/echo "test" > /root/test.log >> >> It runs from the command line but does not from cron: >> >> 55 11 9 * * * /root/test >> >> The log shows: >> >> > CMD: * /root/test >> > root 17987 c Mon May 9 11:55:00 2016 >> < root 17987 c Mon May 9 11:55:00 2016 rc=127 >> > > It's not the script, it's your crontab entry. > > The command it's trying to run (see the CMD in the log) is > > * /root/test > > and, indeed, where there should be 5 time specifiers in the crontab entry > you have 6: > > 55 11 9 * * * I was blinded by my frustration. Thank you, Peter! David Koski > > -- > -Peter Tribble > http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
