Re: Scheduling processes in Informix

paolof@hrp.no (Paolo Fantoni) wrote: > >I am trying to call an external program (that is actually a .4ge program) from >within an Informix procedure, every 5 minutes. I have tried with the Unix cron > but with bad results. Does anyone know how to handle such a problem? >I have Informix SE 4.0 on Interactive Unix 3.0. Thank you in advance > >$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ >Paolo F. Fantoni >IFE - OECD Halden Reactor Project >P.O. BOX 173, N-1751 HALDEN, NORWAY >TLF: +47 69 18 31 00 >FAX: +47 69 18 71 09 >$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Hi Paolo, normaly there are no problems running 4GL programs out of cron, but you have to set the most important environment variables like INFORMIXDIR, SQLEXEC, TBCONFIG, DBPATH, PATH and so on properly. If this is not your problem, you must give a more detailed description about your problem. Hope that helps... Dirch +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dirch Scheer email: scheer@stadt-mh.de | | Amt 10-3 Tel. : +49 208 455 1006 | | Stadtverwaltung (snail-)Mail : Ruhrstr. 32 | | Muelheim an der Ruhr D-45468 Muelheim an der Ruhr | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Inspiration gave them the motivation to move on out their isolation | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+