Dbms_scheduler error when running shell script

Question

I have 2 shell scripts.
ftp_file_from_apps.sh copies a file from one server to antoher. It receives an input which is the name of the file to be copied.
scp_file_to_dbs.sh does a secure copy. Copying the file fo anther directory on the same server.
ftp_file_from_apps.sh
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#!/bin/bash
sftp applprod@<host.domain>:/<source_directory>/$1
/<destination_directory>/$2
scp_file_to_dbs.sh
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scp -r /<source_directory>/$1 <host.domain>:/<destination_directory>/$1
Both of these scripts works 100% when i run them from os level:
ftp_file_from_apps.sh xxx.out xxx.pdf
scp_file_to_dbs.sh xxx.pdf
the problem is when i run them with dbms_scheduler:
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v_file_name and v_file_name_pdf is varchar2(20) with values assigned.
begin
dbms_scheduler.create_job(
job_name=>'FTP_FILE_FROM_APPS',
job_type=>'executable',
job_action=>'/<directory_of_script>/ftp_file_from_apps.sh
v_file_name v_file_name_pdf',
enabled=>TRUE
end;
begin
dbms_scheduler.create_job(
job_name=>'SCP_FILE_TO_DBS',
job_type=>'executable',
job_action=>'/<directory_of_script>/scp_file_to_dbs.sh
v_file_name_pdf',
enabled=>TRUE
end;
ftp_file_from_apps.sh error:
ORA-27369: job of type EXECUTABLE failed with exit code: No such file or directory
scp_file_to_dbs.sh error:
ORA-27369: job of type EXECUTABLE failed with exit code: No such file or directory
I tripple checked my <directory_of_script>.
Please help.
Regards
John

Answer 1

Hi,
What Paul means is that you should not be using
job_action=>
'/<directory_of_script>/scp_file_to_dbs.sh v_file_name_pdf',
Instead job_action should be the name of the shell script only. So you should have
job_action=>
'/<directory_of_script>/scp_file_to_dbs.sh',
number_of_arguments=>1
enabled=>false
And then make a call to dbms_scheduler.set_job_argument_value (for each argument) and finally a call to dbms_scheduler.enable.
Hope this helps,
Ravi.