I have recently installed the Net::SCP (ver 0.07) module within my server "Alpha". I then wrote a perl script which goes and puts files from server "Alpha" to "Beta". It works fine when run manually. Here's the script in it's entirety: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Net::SCP;
$scp = Net::SCP->new ( "beta.kanja.gc.au", "guestUser");
$scp->cwd("/beta/path/router/files/") or die $scp->{errstr};
open(rtrList, "/alpha/path/list_of_files.lst");
while(<rtrList>)
{
       chomp;
       $file = $_;
       $scp->put("$file") or die $scp->{errstr};
}
close(rtrList);

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Note: my $file scalar, in the code above, is the filename with its absolute path: /alpha/absolute/path/file1.cfg

Here's the problem...

When run as a cronjob, it fails once it gets within the while loop, specifically the last line of execution within loop: $scp->put. Yet I have nothing in my log file? Why? I then managed to find something in the unix mail addressed to me(root), which reads: 
Your "cron" job on Alpha
/alpha/script_path/fileXfr.pl > /tmp/fileXfr.log 2>$1

produced the following output:

open3: exec of scp -pqB /alpha/absolute/path/file1.cfg guestUser@beta.
+kanja.gc.au:/beta/path/router/files/file1.cfg
failed at /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Net/SCP.pm line 93

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I have looked at line 93 in SCP.pm and I feel I'm in over my head at this point. Your advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advanced,

Papai

In reply to scp fails in cronjob - open3 error by papai

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