It works from command line. Problem is when we run it as a cron job. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Gaffney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 12:57 PM
To: beginners
Subject: Re: Expect prog. doesn't work in background !

Ravinder Arepally wrote:
> All.
>  
> I wrote this perl program using Expect.pm and this program also works 
> fine in foreground but does NOT work in background (cron job). Any 
> help is greatly appreciated.

Try using full paths to external programs. Cron doesn't always set a
usable PATH when it runs scripts.

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Skyline Aeronautics, LLC.
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