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Asked: 2012-05-30 23:44:32 +0800 CST

Crontab /etc/profile.d

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I have a crontab script which runs fine from the interactive shell. However when running from crontab it fails because it doesnt run the scripts in /etc/profile.d/ (e.g. /etc/profile.d/java.sh)

Whats the best way of fixing this?

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    begin the shell script with:

    #!/bin/bash -l

    This causes bash to start as a login shell, which means it will read /etc/profile and ~/.bash_profile.

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  2. Set SHELL on your crontab:

    SHELL=/bin/bash
* * * * * # your_job
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