From djordjej@home.com Tue, 06 Feb 2001 23:38:49 -0800 From: "djordjej" Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 23:38:49 -0800 Subject: Re: Crontab ,HELP!!! Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain You can also set the profile (invoke the profile file) from inside the script. This is usually the first line run. Make sure to put the ". " (dor space) before the call of the profile script, as in the example Mike gave you. So this will work: . profile but this will not: profile HTH Djordje ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 11:35 PM Hi Saroj, crontab runs within its own environment (ie. it doesn't inherit an environment from any .profile or /etc/profile etc), so you will have to explicitly call them in your crontab job line (eg. . /etc/profile;