crontab help

kirang · #1 (**permalink**) 03-25-06, 06:58

Hi

I need help on crontab. I just wanted to run a 4gl program in crontab. I work on the unix system. I could able to run the unix commands and a shell program as well. But I couldn't run a 4ge file in crontab. I even tried inserting the 4ge program path in shell program also. But could not get the desired result.

I just did the following :

30 10 * * * /mnt/usr/bb/aa.4ge

If any mistake or suggestion, please do let me know.

Thanks in advance..

pdreyer · #2 (**permalink**) 03-27-06, 01:19

I don't know 4ge programs but something to note, crontab does not execute your profile so you need to set PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, etc. Create a shell script that will set your environment before starting the program.
e.g. aa.sh

Code:

#!/usr/bin/ksh
. ./.profile       # execute profile (dot space dot/.profile)
/mnt/usr/bb/aa.4ge # execute program

Then in cron you execute the script
30 10 * * * /mnt/usr/bb/aa.sh

kirang · #3 (**permalink**) 03-27-06, 23:56

Mr. Pdreyer,

Thank you very much for your reply. I tried it and worked. U have really helped me a lot. Thank you again...

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