Run script error

ust · 03-25-2009, 12:29 AM

I have a script run on unix and linux server , I found that if run it at shell , it works fine , but if run on crontab job , it is not work , can advise what is the different to run on shell and crontab job ? how can I fix it ? thx

the script like below

!/bin/bash

if [ `date +%d` == 18 ]
then
xx

else
yy

fi

your_shadow03 · 03-25-2009, 01:23 AM

Check the permission of the script.
What entry are you providing in the /etc/crontab entry?

chrism01 · 03-25-2009, 05:39 AM

Depends what you mean by 'not work' ... details please.
In any case, the most likely issue is that cron doesn't have much of an environment (eg minimal $PATH), so all cmds should be referenced by their full names eg

/bin/date

instead of just 'date'