Hi Monks, Here is the riddle! I have a script that runs fine if executed on command prompt. What script does is copy files from FTP, decompresses it, parse and prints out certain test data I am interested in. However if the script is run through cron, I see correct output in the cron notification but I don't see the actual files generated in the directory. Seems like some compatibility issue. Below is the o/p from the script (on command prompt) 
Please be patient, files are being copied over from FTP site
Unzipping apr25_03_45.stdf.gz..
Converting apr25_03_45.stdf to txt
Done!

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Below is the o/p from the script (via Cron) 
Please be patient, files are being copied over from FTP site
Unzipping apr25_03_45.stdf.gz..
gunzip: apr25_03_45.stdf already exists;    not overwritten
Converting apr25_03_45.stdf to txt
Converting apr27_10_12.stdf to txt
Done!

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In reply to Perl script runs through Cron but does not generate files by deshdaaz

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