RE: FW: Crontab problems

Hi, thanks for the quick reply.

Here's the crontab entry:

0 2 * * * /home/webct/webct_backup

Here's the contents of the webct_backup file that crontab is calling:

cd /home/webct/webct/webct/generic/admin
perl admin.pl batch `ls ../../courses/`

I don't get an error, it just doesn't complete the backup when run from
crontab.  It starts the backup process, but ends very early during the
process.  However, when run from the command line, the admin.pl script
works fine.  This worked fine in Red Hat 6.2, but since I upgrade to 7.0
(new hard drive, fresh install), it doesn't work.

Perhaps there is something in the webct_backup file that is not allowed
by the cron process?

Thanks,
Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Taylor, ForrestX [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 3:49 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: FW: Crontab problems

Tom Gillon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a perl script that works fine when run alone, but when I put it
> in as a crontab entry, it doesn't work correctly and ends prematurely.
> Any ideas why this would not work correctly as a crontab entry?

My guess is that you don't have the full path to some file.  You will 
have to show us the crontab entry and the errors you get when it runs to

get a better guess.

Forrest
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