I have written a very simple bash script that runs on Solaris10. It runs a command and then sends me the output via mailx. I can run it at the command line (sudoed as root) and it runs perfectly fine. I then set it up to run from root's cron. I will get an email with the expected subject, but no text in it (i.e. output from the command), and I can then verify the commands have not executed. Why is this not working correctly via root's cron, but works fine via the shell?
rusman 0 Newbie Poster
thines01 401 Postaholic Team Colleague Featured Poster
It could be a multitude of things including:
1) the file is not in the expected directory when the program runs
1a) the program is running from a different directory than what you use manually.
2) The cron shell is not the same as your manually logged-in shell
2a) ...so the path might not be the same
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