I don't know rexx, but I would guess that address system creates a new shell environment that will not change the rexx environment. The sourcing of /etc/profile would need to be in the crontab file at a point before you invoke the rexx script. Probably something like ". /etc/profile;do_the_rexx_script"
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark D Pace Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: cron oddity? > I can't reproduce this, but my guess is that some ls option is being set in /etc/profile. The cron jobs don't source /etc/profile. >You could source /etc/profile in your cron job with ". /etc/profile" and see if that makes it work. I added address system '. /etc/profile' to my rexx program. No change to the ls output. I could change the program to accept the other date format, but then it wouldn't work when I want to run it manually. Plus since I am doing this based on dates, the yyyy-mm-dd format is really what I need. Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317 Office: 850.219.5184 Fax: 888.221.9862 http://www.mainline.com This e-mail and files transmitted with it are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason to believe that you received this message in error, please immediately notify sender by e-mail, and destroy the original message. Thank You. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
