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. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
