crontab entry

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "calvin covington" <cjcov at pclnet.net>

> I need to run a filepro program from crontab. The following script is
> loaded in crontab to run a specified times.
> 
> PFDIR=/usr/appls; export PFDIR
> PFPROG=/usr/appl; export PFPROG
> cd /usr/appls
> chmod 777 ardsupd.gz
> chmod 777 ardsupd
> rm -f ardsupd
> gunzip ardsupd.gz
> tar xvf ardsupd
> /usr/appl/fp/rreport shopxfer -f inupdate -a -u
> 
> The script runs at the times specified in cron, but the last line not
> execute.
> 
> I can run the script manually and it works fine.
> 
> Any ideas?

Oh good, you picked an easy one.  :-)

Filepro programs won't run without $TERM set to *something*, and cron doesn't
set it to anything.

Add TERM=vt100 export TERM to the top...

and I'd add '>/dev/null 2>&1' to the end of your dclerk line, myself...

and see what happens.  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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