55ed63b493027583cbd68e954b9ced58d608fba8
hiram
  Fri May 8 10:15:15 2026 -0700
fortify against cron job usage full path to kent commands refs #31811

diff --git src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/checkMetaDb src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/checkMetaDb
index 441e2c497a8..75950f36e54 100755
--- src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/checkMetaDb
+++ src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/checkMetaDb
@@ -4,52 +4,52 @@
 UNAME_N=`uname -n`
 UNAME_N=${UNAME_N/.soe.ucsc.edu/}
 
 if [ $# -lt 3 ] ; then
     echo "wrong # args: $usage" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
 directory="$1"; shift
 metaDb="$1"; shift
 dbs="$@"
 
 # check if a database exists, print note and return non-zero if it doesn't
 dbExists() {
     local db="$1"
-    local dbChk=$(hgsql -Ne 'show databases like "'$db'"')
+    local dbChk=$(/cluster/bin/x86_64/hgsql -Ne 'show databases like "'$db'"')
     if [ -z "$dbChk" ] ; then
         echo "Note: database $db does not exist, skipping"
         return 1
     else
         return 0
     fi
 }
 
 # chck metaDb for a database
 checkMetaDb() {
     local db="$1"
     local dbpath=$(ls -1 -d */$db)
     local org=$(echo $dbpath | sed -e 's/\/.*//')
     local metaDir=$dbpath/metaDb/$directory
 
     if test \! -d $metaDir
     then
         return;
     fi
 
     touch $metaDir/metaDb
     echo hgsqlTableDate $db $metaDb $metaDir/metaDb 
-    hgsqlTableDate $db $metaDb $metaDir/metaDb || rm $metaDir/metaDb 
+    /cluster/bin/x86_64/hgsqlTableDate $db $metaDb $metaDir/metaDb || rm $metaDir/metaDb 
 
     # makefile will call makeMetaDb if file list is newer than table
     (cd $metaDir && make DB=$db TABLE=$metaDb)
     rm -f $metaDir/metaDb
 }
 
 # load for all specified databases
 for db in $dbs ; do
     if dbExists $db ; then
         checkMetaDb $db
     fi
 done