> -----Original Message-----
> From: Telemachus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 6:13 AM
> To: beginners@perl.org
> Subject: Re: Cron environment for execution of Perl script
>
> On Thu Nov 06 2008 @ 3:42, Wagner, David --- Senior
> Programmer Analyst --- WGO wrote:
> > I need an environment variable from my .profile on
> Solaris and having troubles getting at it. I have a Perl
> script which executes fine outside of cron and now am trying
> to do via cron. I wanted to stay away from a shell script and
> was wondering what is the easiest way to get my .profile
> loaded, so the Perl script can access the needed variable.
>
> Rather than try to source your entire profile, why not simply set the
> necessary environment variables in the Perl script itself,
> using the %ENV
> hash?
I am in the same boat and after some research, came up with the
following:
30 4 * * 0,2-5 . ./.cronwrapper && /usr/bin/perl /d/src/pl600.pl
dp11
where .cronwrapper has the definitions of params needed and
exports.
In a number of searches, most warned against doing the .profile for
security and other reasons. By placing the .cronwrapper in your home
directory, you can control and I have it running under boh Solaris and
Linux Redhat.
If you have any questions and/or problems, please let me know.
Thanks.
Wags ;)
David R. Wagner
Senior Programmer Analyst
FedEx Freight
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>
> See this post perhaps for some other tips (it's Solaris
> specific, which may
> help): http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=624540
>
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