Conference csc32::consolemanager

Hi all, 

I've taken over this customer call from Alec.... 
but could still do with help on this one.... 

Apparently the problem only happens when 
it's run from cron, interactively it works ok. 

A few more details from the customer.... 

Can a console -E be run from crontab????


ta 

Jo. 





This is the crontab entry
=========================
33 * * * * ksh /SE/remote_access/ivtemp1.sh >/SE/remote_access/ivtemp1.log 2>&1

This is the script
==================
# cat ivtemp1.sh 
#!/bin/ksh
set
echo "This is the import file"
cat /tmp/pcm_import
echo "before import"
ls -l /var/opt/console/data/console_cfg.dat
console -E import /tmp/pcm_import
echo "after import"
ls -l /var/opt/console/data/console_cfg.dat
exit

This is the output
==================
# cat ivtemp1.log
ERRNO=25
FCEDIT=/usr/bin/ed
HOME=/
IFS=' 
'
LINENO=2
LOGNAME=root
MAILCHECK=600
OPTARG
OPTIND=0
PATH=:/usr/bin
PPID=10093
PS2='> '
PS3='#? '
PS4='+ '
PWD=/
RANDOM=12051
SECONDS=0
SHELL=/usr/bin/sh
TMOUT=0
_
This is the import file
ADD_USER:
    NAME: pcm8015
    INFO: SE automatically generated
    MAY_STARTUP: N
    MAY_RECONFIGURE: N
    MAY_UNLOCK: N
    MAY_BREAK: N
    MAY_SHUTDOWN: N
    MAY_ARCHIVE: N
    MAY_EXITC3: N
    MAY_EDIT_CFG: N
    SYSTEM_ACCESS: gast01
END:
before import
- -rw-r--r--   1 root     system     31272 Feb 16 11:12 
/var/opt/console/data/console_cfg.dat
POLYCENTER Console Manager
Character Cell Editor Version V1.6-110
Copyright (c) 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. All Rights Reserved

Database contains NO verification errors

sh: 9957 Memory fault - core dumped
after import
- -rw-r--r--   1 root     system         0 Feb 16 11:33 
/var/opt/console/data/console_cfg.dat

Please?



Does console -E have to be run with an associated tty? 


Since the script works normally but fails at the console -E
with a memory fault: core dumped. message when it's run 
from crontab that's all that I can think of as being responsible 
so far. 

I'm scanning the user guide but haven't found anything 
yet that makes it clear if this customer should be able to 
do this from crontab. 


cheers 

Jo. 

    Jo,
      I'll take a stab at it but I'm just not that familiar with the inner
    workings of Unix I/O. I kind of wonderif the editor is looking for
    terminal input or some such. How about you create a file called
    "pcm_import" that contains the lines
    
    import file-spec
    exit
    
    And then run the editor in cron and specify stdin as the "pcm_import"
    file and stdout as your logfile.
    
    Regs,
      Dan

Good suggestion, I'll get the customer to try it.. 

Thanks lots, if nothing else at least I know I'm 
not completely alone on this :-) 


Jo.