sending mails in script using mailx fails

kais1 · 07-26-2009, 06:22 AM

dear all,

I have a cron runnign with the script below.

{code}

DT=`date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S"`

rm -f /tmp/exp_pipe_full_SYST_infra

/usr/sbin/mknod /tmp/exp_pipe_full_SYST_infra p

nohup compress < /tmp/exp_pipe_full_SYST_infra > /backup/orainfra/soadhy/SYST_FULL_INFRA_"$DT".dmp.Z &

nohup $ORACLE_HOME/bin/exp system/SOA123@soadhy file=/tmp/exp_pipe_full_SYST_infra log=/backup/orainfra/soadhy/log/SYST_FULL_INFRA_"$DT".log full=y statistics=none &

mailx -s "SYST_INFRA_Backup_$DT" admin@jook.com.mg< /backup/orainfra/soadhy/log/SYST_FULL_INFRA_"$DT".log &

{code}

Export session is successfully completed..but the requirement is that it should send the log file to the user mail id.

But it is never working.. I can able to send mails through mailx from the command prompt..Please advise what is wrong with the script?

Kai

catkin · 07-26-2009, 07:18 AM

Hello kais1

Quote:

Originally Posted by kais1

dear all,

I have a cron runnign with the script below.

{code}[snip]{code}

Export session is successfully completed..but the requirement is that it should send the log file to the user mail id.

But it is never working.. I can able to send mails through mailx from the command prompt..Please advise what is wrong with the script?

Kai

Thanks for trying to use code tags. They need to be in brackets [] not braces {}.

Try changing the first line of your script to

Code:

#! /bin/bash -l

The -l (that's a letter l) makes the shell simulate a login environment, which cron does not do.

Best

Charles

chrism01 · 07-26-2009, 11:40 PM

The first rule in cron is to always use the complete absolute path to all cmds/files used, as the default cron env is minimal.
eg

/usr/bin/nohup

Also, when using variables embedded in other strings, use parenthese to help the interpreter decide which is which eg
text_${varname}_moretext