My crontab command in RedHat 8 is

*/1 * * * * /home/arasuk/share_file/searcha

The above command works fine with the following
simple script put in "searcha"  (executable)

#!/bin/sh
ls

. But not with the following

#!/bin/sh
cp r.file r.out

This latter script work in command line. I give absolute path
to the command. Any clue for the latter to work?

Thanks.

-arasu

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sheller wrote:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> cp r.file r.out

Are you making an assumption about the working directory?

Try

cp /path/to/file/r.file /path/to/file/r.out

JohnK

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In article <dppmco$eea$1@bunyip2.cc.uq.edu.au>,
"sheller" <arasu@uq.edu.au> wrote:

> My crontab command in RedHat 8 is
>
> */1 * * * * /home/arasuk/share_file/searcha
>
> The above command works fine with the following
> simple script put in "searcha"  (executable)
>
> #!/bin/sh
> ls
>
> . But not with the following
>
> #!/bin/sh
> cp r.file r.out

What error does it get?

>
> This latter script work in command line. I give absolute path
> to the command. Any clue for the latter to work?

If it complains "file not found", it's probably because cron isn't
running the script in the directory you expect.

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