Subj : Make mbse post a text file To : Gert Andersen From : Vince Coen Date : Sun Oct 14 2012 06:02 pm Hello Gert! 13 Oct 12 10:45, you wrote to me: VC>> Have you checked your paths and others eg, set | less ? > Yes that have I done and it is only while the crontab shall run the > scripts the problem comes and if I run the script file manually is > there no problem. OK, I think I see the problem, let me look at my setup ..... Look at your etc/monthly script and see if it looks similar to mine: -------------------------- #!/bin/sh # # MBSE BBS Monthly - Should be run at the first of the month at 00:10 # # $Id: monthly,v 1.3 2004/06/01 19:33:28 mbse Exp $ MBSE_ROOT=/opt/mbse;export MBSE_ROOT if [ "$MBSE_ROOT" = "" ]; then export MBSE_ROOT=`cat /etc/passwd | grep mbse: | awk -F ':' '{ print $6}'` fi #if [ "`id -un`" != "mbse" ] ; then # echo "Must be run by user 'mbse'" # exit 1 #fi # While the system is on UPS battery power, don't start maintenance # while [ -f $MBSE_ROOT/var/sema/upsalarm ]; do sleep 60 done $MBSE_ROOT/bin/mbfido notify -quiet $MBSE_ROOT/tmp/runturqstat.sh -------------------------- It's the last two lines. This is forcing the programs to run under the settings for $MBSE_ROOT Otherwise the programs will fail. Vince --- Linux/Mbse/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20120229 * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK (2:250/1) .