[vox-tech] Cron Script Error

[Tim Riley]

Daniel Hurt wrote:

> Greetings.  I have written a small shell script to modify the login prompt
> at certain intervals, just for entertainment purposes.  The when I run the
> script from the shell prompt it runs fine, but when I execute it as cron
> job, I receive several errors in via email.  I am using Vcron as the cron
> daemon.
>
> The crontab entry is as follows:
>
> */15 * * * *     root    /etc/init.d/issue

This "root" is giving you the "root: command not found" error.
The sixth parameter is the command to execute.

As far as the "TERM environment variable not set" error:
I think the "clear" command is generating this.
Just set "export TERM=vt100" at the top of the script.


>
>
> The script /etc/init.d/issue contains the following:
> ********************************************************
> #!/bin/bash
>
> R=$(cat /etc/gentoo-release | awk '{ print $5,$6 }')
> C=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | awk '{ print $4,$5,$6 }')
> CS=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'cpu MHz' | awk '{ print $4 }')
> CB=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'bogomips' | awk '{ print $3 }')
> K=$(uname -r)
> H=$(/bin/hostname -f)
> M=$(( `dmesg | grep "Dentry" | awk '{print $9}'` / 1024 ))
> KS=`dmesg | grep "Swap" | awk '{print $3}'`
> S=$(( ${KS%k} / 1024 ))
> U=$(uptime)
> F=$(fortune 40% calvin 30% hitchhiker 10% chalkboard 10% starwars 10% bofh-
> excuses)
>
> DARK="\033[1;30m" # dark grey
> GREY="\033[0m" # default grey / white
> WHITE="\033[1;37m" # bright / bold white
> PURPLE="\033[0;35m" # purple
> BR_GREEN="\033[1;32m" # bright green
> BR_BLUE="\033[1;34m" # bright blue
> BLACK="\033[0;30m" # black
> RED="\033[0;31m" # Red
> LT_RED="\033[1;31m" # Light Red
> YELLOW="\033[1;33m" # Light Red
>
> /usr/bin/clear >> /etc/issue
> printf "\e[2J\e[H" > /etc/issue
> echo -e " " >> /etc/issue
> echo -e "$BR_GREEN Gentoo$BR_BLUE Linux$RED Release $R" >> /etc/issue
> echo -e " " >> /etc/issue
> echo -e "$GREY Hostname: $WHITE $H" >> /etc/issue
> echo -e " " >> /etc/issue
> echo -e "$GREY Kernel:   $WHITE $K" >> /etc/issue
> echo -e "$GREY Processor:$WHITE $C ( $CS MHz => $CB bogomips)"
> >> /etc/issue
> echo -e "$GREY Memory:   $WHITE $M Mb    $GREY Swap:  $WHITE $S Mb"
> >> /etc/issue
> echo -e "$GREY Uptime:  $WHITE $U" >> /etc/issue
> echo -e " " >> /etc/issue
> echo -e "$YELLOW$F$WHITE" >> /etc/issue
> echo -e " " >> /etc/issue
> cp /etc/issue /etc/issue.net
> ********************************************************
>
> The two errors that I am recieving are as follows:
> ********************************************************
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:35:00 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Cron Daemon <root@mcising.net>
> To: root@mcising.net
> Subject: Cron <root@shadow>  /etc/init.d/issue
>
> TERM environment variable not set.
> ********************************************************
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:35:00 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Cron Daemon <root@mcising.net>
> To: root@mcising.net
> Subject: Cron <root@shadow> root /etc/init.d/issue
>
> /bin/sh: line 1: root: command not found
> ********************************************************
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appriciated.
>
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