[gradsusr] No Text Plots When Script Executed Via Crontab

[Jeff Duda]

It's possible that the crontab software is overwriting those environmental
variables.  Try setting them inside the text of the cron script.

Jeff Duda


On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Perry, Aaron @ LSC <Aaron.Perry at lsc.vsc.edu>
wrote:

>  Hi Michael,
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>  Thanks for replying to my question.
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>  I currently have the following at the top of the shell script:
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>  #!/bin/sh
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> export PATH=/mnt/grads:$PATH
> export GADDIR=/mnt/grads/
> export GASCRP=/home/aaron/scripts/dec2013
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>  I also have that in .bashrc file.
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> *Onward and Upward, *
> *Aaron D. Perry *
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> *Atmospheric Sciences Lyndon State College Class of 2016 *
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> *From:* gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org <gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org> on
> behalf of Frost, Mr. Michael <Michael.Frost at nrlmry.navy.mil>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2014 5:52 PM
> *To:* GrADS Users Forum
> *Subject:* Re: [gradsusr] No Text Plots When Script Executed Via Crontab
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> Are you setting the GADDIR inside your script?
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> Michael Frost
> Naval Research Laboratory
> Marine Meteorology Division
> 7 Grace Hopper Avenue, Stop #2
> Monterey, CA 93940
> Phone:  831-656-4723
> Fax:  831-656-4314
> Email:  mike.frost at nrlmry.navy.mil
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> *From:* gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org [mailto:
> gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org] *On Behalf Of *Perry, Aaron @ LSC
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2014 2:19 PM
> *To:* GrADS Users Forum
> *Subject:* [gradsusr] No Text Plots When Script Executed Via Crontab
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> Good Afternoon All,
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> I'm currently trying to execute a shell script (.sh) in crontab that runs
> GrADS.
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> I am able to run the shell script fine on it's own but, when I run it via
> crontab, I always get the following error:
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> Error opening stroke character data set
> Data set names = /usr/local/lib/grads/font0.dat ; font0.dat
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> I have GrADS installed in /mnt/grads/ and all the associated font#.dat
> files in /mnt/grads/ so, I'm a bit perplexed as to why my system thinks
> that GrADS is in /usr/local/lib/.
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> Any ideas?
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> *Onward and Upward,*
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> *Aaron D. Perry*
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> * Atmospheric Sciences Lyndon State College Class of 2016 Boston, MA
> Twitter: **@AaronPerryLSC* <https://twitter.com/AaronPerryLSC>
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-- 
Jeff Duda
Graduate research assistant
University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
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