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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:06:57 -0400
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On 8/25/2011 6:27 AM, kishore wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin<reply-to-list-only-lh<at>  cygwin.com>  writes:
>
>>
>> On 8/24/2011 12:08 PM, mramakishore<at>  gmail.com wrote:
>>> HI,
>>> I am sucessed to run the Perl script which uses Net::SSH::Expect
>>> package from the cygwin command prompt. but i am scheduled the same
>>> script through crontab but script is breaking in middle.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> can you help me as early as possible..
>>
>> First, have you ensured that you set up the same environment for your
>> script when run by 'crond' as you have with the interactive shell?
>> This is a common problem for users of Cron and is not Cygwin-specific.
>> I would suggest pursuing this first if you have not already verified
>> that this is not the problem.
>>
>> Second, if you're accessing any network shares, this won't work by
>> default.  See<http://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.shares>
>>
>> Third, you have both MSYS and Cygwin in your path.  You should make sure
>> that only Cygwin is in the path that 'crond' sees and uses.  I'd say the
>> same about Perl.
>>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>     How can i setup the interactive shell environment when i am running the
> same throught the cron.
> i done with PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:. in cron file other then that what i have
> to do.

You have to set all the dependencies of your script for your script.
You'll need to determine this through some experimentation but usually
it comes down to a few key environment variables like PATH, HOME, etc.

-- 
Larry

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