using shell scripts-java
hi frnds,i need to call the java program from the shellscript using 'crontab' in linux.crontab is the utility in linux is to invoke the shellscript at every hour,every day or every month... Iam using the shell script to call the java program...then iam schedule that shell program in crontab based on hourly basis... but the crontab doesnt invoke the java program....
But if i call the shell script directly that java program executes.......I want to know how to invoke the java program using shell script in crontab...
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83Krisha] at [2007-11-27 6:12:41]
> or just source your existing profile... such as (for> ksh on unix)> (. $HOME/.profile; $HOME/scripts/job.ksh)Of course you will have to provide the $HOME path since, being an environment variable, it will not be defined.
> Of course you will have to provide the $HOME path since, > being an environment variable, it will not be defined.Crontab runs the jobs indeed in a very meager environment without first executing profile, but I think $HOME is set. Profile is usually found there
http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/crontab.htm
Crontab Environment
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cron invokes the command from the user's HOME directory with the shell, (/usr/bin/sh).
cron supplies a default environment for every shell, defining:
HOME=user's-home-directory
LOGNAME=user's-login-id
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:.
SHELL=/usr/bin/sh
