Problem with cron due to TERM

I used to work on HP-UX and schedule jobs using cronjob. TERM was initialized in .profile using following -
if [ "$TERM" = "" ]
then
eval ` tset -s -Q -m ':?hp' `
else
eval ` tset -s -Q `
fi
In cron, while executing a job, I used to call .profile to read variables. I used to do like this in cron-
0 0 * * * export TERM=""; . .profile>/dev/null 2>&1; <the actual program>
tset is not working in Solaris. cron is unable to execute due to TERM error. I tried by setting TERM=vt100 and also TERM=sun. Both failed. Any suggestion is highly appreciated.
Thanks,
bg2030

Another thing I notice is -
cron is having issue executing .profile. I mean I can run this via cron
* * * * * test.sh;However, I cannot run this -
* * * * * . .profile>/dev/null 2>&1; test.sh;If I include the .profile lin in the shell script and schedule it through cron, it is not executed. But, I can execute the same file manually.
It seems cron is having some issue with .profile. I also tried with . $HOME/.profile but it didnt work.
Is there any special setting needs to be done for cron to execute .profile.
thanks,
bg2030
Edited by: bg2030 on Jul 15, 2009 5:46 AM

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