The big problems is this. i have this script: ---------------------> #!/bin/bash ########################################################################################## # program : _tools/sys_backup_pc08spt.bash # # subject : cria um arquivo de backup de todo o portal e transfere para a maquina pc08spt# ########################################################################################## . /home/rphp/.bash_profile /app/portal_spt/htdocs/_tools/sys_funcs.bash and go one... ---------------------> the crontab line is this: 3 5 * * 1-6 `bash -login /app/portal_spt/htdocs/_tools/sys_backup_samba.bash` but after run the crontab i see in maillog this message: /bin/sh: changed: command not found the /bin/sh is a link to the /bin/bash why the crontab is trying to run the script in sh...? diego ----- Message from Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> on Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:52:38 +1100 ----- To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: change shell type in crontab On 09:04 30 Oct 2003, diego.veiga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <diego.veiga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | I would like to change the shell to execute the crontab (all the programs | to execute are bash). | | the file /etc/crontab is: | SHELL=/bin/bash | PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin | MAILTO=root | HOME=/ ... | | But i?m receiving email with the crontab variable: | | X-Cron-Env: <LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH> | X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> | X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root> | X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> | X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root> | Status: RO | | /bin/sh: changed: command not found Are you sure you've posted the complete crontab? Anyway, if all the commands are separate scripts and each script starts with: #!/bin/bash then the Right Thing should happen anyway. I do wonder what you're doing that needs bash though... -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ The Fano Factor, where theory meets reality. Diego Brito Veiga Technical Publications Phone: +55 (12) 39278368 Fax: +55 (12) 39273342 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list