Shell script is not working via cron job

Question

I'm using a script which is working in Stand alone and is not working through the cron job .

qexma1@test:bin> head -n 10 test.sh
#!/bin/bash
declare -r PATH='/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin'
source $AEM_CONFIG/aem-wrap.conf

Cron Job :

qexma1@test:bin> crontab -l | grep aem-test.sh
01 15 * * * bin/test.sh -b ; touch bin/crontest.txt;

Flag :

qexma1@test:bin> ll bin/ | grep cron
-rw-r--r--  1 qexma1 abc   0 Nov 11 15:01 crontest.txt

Flag file got created crontest.txt but script didn't get executed. Permissions 0755

Answer 1

As the output to stderr is as below, it means variable $AEM_CONFIG is not getting set. That is why the job fails.

/global/appaem/aem/bin/aem-test.sh: line 5: /aem-wrap.conf: No such file or directory

To fix the issue, revise the script to source the relevant file that sets $AEM_CONFIG.

As you point out the variable is defined in .bashrc, see cron ignores variables defined in “.bashrc” and “.bash_profile”. You need to add a line such as source ~/.bashrc into your script. Example:

#!/bin/bash
declare -r PATH='/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin'
source ~/.bashrc
source $AEM_CONFIG/aem-wrap.conf