problem with cron script

[pichi]

hi everybody, i'm running a script in solaris 8, the script is running background, from the cron, it is a perl script, which calls the system("") function, my problem is when use this function with programs compiled in the SO, it didn't work, for example, "ssh", i use it for write "echo" in other server with a ssh connection, but it didn't connect to the server
system("ssh IPaddres \"echo '$user' >> /dir/allusers\"");
, but if i use
system("echo '$user' >> /dir/allusers") it worked!!!,
i don't know if i need to put some SHELL or PATH variables in the script. If i execute the script manually it works!!!, so only with the cron is the problem, hope somebody can help me!! thanks in advance!!!

Pichi

 

[KenCunningham]

Hi Pichi. I'd agree with your diagnosis that you need to ensure that whatever $PATH variable exists when you run the script interactively also needs to be specified in your script, or in a 'wrapper' which will kick off your script from cron. This could be as simple as placing an export PATH=<path required> at the start of your script so that it's set when it comes to the 'action' parts of the script. Hope this helps.

 

[Annihilannic]

Alternatively you could just use the full path to ssh, e.g. :

[tt]system("/usr/local/bin/ssh IPaddres \"echo '$user' >> /dir/allusers\"");[/tt]

Annihilannic.