I created the following shell to mount/umount network-shared volume.

1> I succeed to execute the shell script to mount/umount my win2003`s filesystem.
2> I tried to enable the shell execution in crontab as follows.
0-30/5 4 * * * sh /net-vol/mount_shell &
3> /var/log/cron tolds me that the crontab has been enabled successfully. But the shell execution seems not to be executed.
I must add the ". /etc/profile" in the head of the shell script so that
mount_shell can mount/umount normally via cron.

4> I think /etc/profile should be executed during system boot. And the
shell script under crontab should inherit all environments viariables.
And I can manually execute the shell without the line of ". /etc/profile". Pls help

======= The last two lines of /etc/profile ===========
. $ENV/`hostname`/env01
. $ENV/`hostname`/env02

================ mount_shell content ====================
#!/bin/sh
### Mount files to /mnt/interchk ####

# . /etc/profile ==> Now, I must add the line for shell execution via crontab.

. $ENV/`hostname`/current-time.sh
mount -t cifs -o credentials=$PASSFILE //win2003/InterChk /mnt/interchk"

if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "$CURRENT_TIME $HOSTNAME $PROC: mount /mnt/interchk -- Success " >> "$LOGFILE"
else
echo "$CURRENT_TIME $HOSTNAME $PROC: mount /mnt/interchk -- Failure " >> "$LOGFILE"
exit
fi
....
....

### Umount /mnt/interchk ###
sleep 60
. $ENV/`hostname`/current-time.sh
umount /mnt/interchk

if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "$CURRENT_TIME $HOSTNAME $PROC: umount /mnt/interchk -- Success " >> "$LOGFILE"
else
echo "$CURRENT_TIME $HOSTNAME $PROC: umount /mnt/interchk -- Failure " >> "$LOGFILE"
fi

[QUOTE]I think /etc/profile should be executed during system boot. And the
shell script under crontab should inherit all environments viariables./QUOTE]

This is the problem here. Scripts running from cron don't run on the normal system shell, they run on their own isolated shell. Environment variables that work when you are logged into the system and running the script interactively won't work when it is running via cron. There are also issues with the $PATH variable and installed binaries, though I don't think that is coming into play here.

Hi, MS3FGX


Any idea about making crontab task to inherit environment? /etc/crontab edit?