RE: Scheduling processes in Informix

You did not say what your bad results was when using cron. However, It may very well have dealt with the environment the 4ge program had at the time of execution. I think you can correct your results by executing a shell script from your cron. In the shell script you will need to setup all needed environment variables (UNIX and Informix) before executing the 4ge program. This will enable you to have the same environment for the 4ge program being run from cron and the shell script as you have when you execute it from your shells command line. Chuck Francis ---------- From: ilist To: internet!rmy.emory.edu!informix-list Subject: Scheduling processes in Informix Date: Wednesday, April 05, 1995 8:29AM 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 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Paolo F. Fantoni IFE - OECD Halden Reactor Project P.O. BOX 173, N-1751 HALDEN, NORWAY TLF: +47 69 18 31 00 FAX: +47 69 18 71 09 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$