Re: cron job (SCO) and INFORMIX

Kate Juliff (kcj@netcom.com) wrote: : In article <810407019snz@excelsis.demon.co.uk> Sally@excelsis.demon.co.uk writes: : >In article <kcjDEHp8r.GGs@netcom.com> kcj@netcom.com "Kate Juliff" writes: : > : >> : >> I need to run a shell script that calls dbaccess, sacego and ISQL. I've : >> set it up so that it sets all the environment variables and the path, yet : >> I still get an error from cron that the executables can't be found. My : >> script is of the form One method that works for me in what looks to be a permission/paths problem is to first get permission for the user executing the cron script to execute the Unix "at" command. This often means putting that username in the /etc/at.allow file as superuser. Then, logged into the system as the user, use the "at" command to run whatever you want cron to run. This will cause a file to be generated in (usually) the /usr/spool/at directory. This file will have a lot of variable-setting/exporting, path statements, and finally, the text of the job you want to run. If you take this file ( usually a long number) and execute it, your job should run, and it should also run under cron. FYI Joe -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Lumbley(jlumbley@netcom.com) Dallas, Texas ----------------------------------------------------------------------------