Re: trouble running a script with a while loop from cron

2008-07-22 Thread Mark Horning
The windows sort command was definitely the problem. I had not set a PATH for cron so it was using the default PATH. When I set a PATH in the crontab it resolved the issue. One thing I'm not quite sure of is why didn't it work properly from cron when I specified the full path to sort in the script.

Re: trouble running a script with a while loop from cron

2008-07-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 05:27:38PM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote: >On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Mark Horning wrote: > >Rats. Forgot to PC[M]MTNQREAI[M]R. Sorry. Sorry won't cut it. We've unleashed the hippos on you. cgf -- Unsubscribe

Re: trouble running a script with a while loop from cron

2008-07-21 Thread Mark J. Reed
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Mark Horning wrote: Rats. Forgot to PC[M]MTNQREAI[M]R. Sorry. -- Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.c

Re: trouble running a script with a while loop from cron

2008-07-21 Thread Mark J. Reed
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Mark Horning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > + sort -u > -uThe system cannot find the file specified. That message is coming from the Windows SORT command, not the Cygwin one. Check cron's $PATH - it must have the Windows system dir near the front. -- Mark J. Reed <

trouble running a script with a while loop from cron

2008-07-21 Thread Mark Horning
Hi All, I've a problem with a script and I've been trying to troubleshoot it. When I run it by hand it works fine but it fails from cron. From what i can gather it doesn't like my while loop and the error I'm logging is "The system cannot find the file specified". Here are the particulars: