From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: cron
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:07:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E5E7841.7070303@cygwin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20110825T122142-651@post.gmane.org>
On 8/25/2011 6:27 AM, kishore wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin<reply-to-list-only-lh<at> cygwin.com> writes:
>
>>
>> On 8/24/2011 12:08 PM, mramakishore<at> gmail.com wrote:
>>> HI,
>>> I am sucessed to run the Perl script which uses Net::SSH::Expect
>>> package from the cygwin command prompt. but i am scheduled the same
>>> script through crontab but script is breaking in middle.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> can you help me as early as possible..
>>
>> First, have you ensured that you set up the same environment for your
>> script when run by 'crond' as you have with the interactive shell?
>> This is a common problem for users of Cron and is not Cygwin-specific.
>> I would suggest pursuing this first if you have not already verified
>> that this is not the problem.
>>
>> Second, if you're accessing any network shares, this won't work by
>> default. See<http://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.shares>
>>
>> Third, you have both MSYS and Cygwin in your path. You should make sure
>> that only Cygwin is in the path that 'crond' sees and uses. I'd say the
>> same about Perl.
>>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> How can i setup the interactive shell environment when i am running the
> same throught the cron.
> i done with PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:. in cron file other then that what i have
> to do.
You have to set all the dependencies of your script for your script.
You'll need to determine this through some experimentation but usually
it comes down to a few key environment variables like PATH, HOME, etc.
--
Larry
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-24 16:09 cron mramakishore
2011-08-24 16:58 ` cron Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2011-08-28 10:50 ` cron kishore
2011-08-31 18:07 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin) [this message]
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2012-01-10 21:27 cron Rolf Schlagenhaft
2012-01-10 21:46 ` cron Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2012-01-10 23:45 ` cron Rolf Schlagenhaft
2009-09-16 7:51 cron Μηχανογράφηση ΔΔΕ Α΄ Αθήνας
2009-09-16 16:15 ` cron Pierre A. Humblet
2008-05-15 3:13 cron Marc Kirby
2008-05-15 16:27 ` cron Pierre A. Humblet
2007-12-19 18:59 cron Bruno Zovich
2007-12-19 20:51 ` cron Pierre A. Humblet
2007-09-12 14:40 cron Alexander Polson
2007-09-12 14:58 ` cron Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2007-09-13 5:26 ` cron Pierre A. Humblet
2007-09-13 6:00 ` cron René Berber
2007-09-13 15:35 ` cron Pierre A. Humblet
2007-09-13 18:25 ` cron Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2007-08-31 15:25 cron Barry Benowitz
2007-08-31 15:50 ` cron Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2007-08-31 16:34 ` cron Pierre A. Humblet
2007-08-08 14:50 cron Kiran, Shashi
2007-08-08 16:26 ` cron Pierre A. Humblet
2007-08-09 9:44 ` cron shash
2007-04-12 16:07 cron Gary Worthy
2007-04-12 16:15 ` cron Dave Korn
2004-05-11 22:11 cron Jimmy Hayes
[not found] ` <75EA21FE420C864D895DE6E87383D6A157EA41@exchange1.meddatahc s.com>
2004-05-11 23:11 ` cron Larry Hall
2003-05-09 1:37 cron Bill C Riemers
2003-04-01 17:27 cron! Igor Pechtchanski
2003-04-01 17:32 ` cron adam r. christopher
2003-04-01 17:42 ` cron Igor Pechtchanski
2003-04-01 17:45 ` cron Igor Pechtchanski
2003-04-01 18:37 ` cron Thorsten Kampe
2002-01-07 2:30 cron Facey Brian
2002-01-07 3:46 ` cron Gerrit P. Haase
2001-07-13 13:08 cron David G. Baur
2001-07-13 13:12 ` cron Gerrit P. Haase
2001-06-20 19:32 Cron Bob Zimmerman
2001-06-21 2:22 ` Cron Michael Schaap
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