Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:43:20 +0200 From: Kaya Saman <kayasaman@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Having problems running shell script from crontab Message-ID: <4F085A08.5060502@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F0856F6.1060207@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4F0838DF.40006@gmail.com> <20120107132234.31d04a1c@gumby.homeunix.com> <4F084AAD.3050301@gmail.com> <20120107135743.6aa5a6bd@gumby.homeunix.com> <4F0856F6.1060207@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On 01/07/2012 04:30 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 07/01/2012 13:57, RW wrote: >> On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:37:49 +0200 >> Kaya Saman wrote: >> >> n terms of paths this is what I'm doing: I'm in a FreeBSD jail >>> logged in by - #jexec<jail> tcsh >>> >>> which gets me in as root. Crontab is being run as root so paths >>> should be the same no? > No -- you can't assume that. The correct thing to do is to set $PATH > within your script, then it should stand a much improved chance of > running correctly irrespective of how it gets started. Add a line like > this near the top of the script: > > export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin > > That should be good enough for most purposes, but feel free to modify if > needed. > > Another debugging tip: add > > set -x > > or > > set -v -x > > towards the top of the script and you'll get a trace of what the script > does e-mailed to you. (Well, e-mailed to root, but I assume yould've > been reading root's mailbox anyhow, or redirected the root e-mails to > somewhere more useful.) > >> PATH is set at the top of /etc/crontab > Well, yes. However that only helps for the scripts run out of > /etc/crontab. If the OP has done the right thing and left /etc/crontab > alone, but instead set up a root crontab by running > > # crontab -u root -e > > then that wouldn't help at all. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > Thanks Matthew!!! :-) Exporting the PATH variable was the key, although I did add the debugging tip in for good measure. So luckily all is solved now. Thanks everyone for all the help and advice! Best regards, Kaya
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