Re: [tlug] cron and lftp problems

[Jake Morrison <jake_morrison@example.com>]

Hi Erin,

--- "Erin D. Hughes" <erin@example.com> wrote:
> Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thanks 

The PATH for cron scripts is different from that of your interactive
shell. 

Generally speaking, from a security standpoint, it is not a good idea
to 
rely on the PATH for administrative scripts.

You should just hard code the path to the lftp command in the script, 
e.g. /usr/bin/lftp -e ......

If you have some control over the server, you might be better off
with something like rsync running over ssh to mirror things. 
Otherwise, you might use a real scriptable client like kermit.
 
> Erin

Regards,
Jake