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Date:      Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:56:49 -0600
From:      junk <junk@boxchat.net>
To:        junk <junk@boxchat.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cron limit
Message-ID:  <4234A911.2070601@boxchat.net>
In-Reply-To: <4234A7EC.80006@boxchat.net>
References:  <42349621.2060409@boxchat.net> <20050313144036.R85674@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net> <4234A7EC.80006@boxchat.net>

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junk wrote:

>c0ldbyte wrote:
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>>On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, junk wrote:
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>>>>I have a script that works fine from command line.
>>>>But when I run it from cron , its not displaying all the info.
>>>>Looks like cron is limiting the char length.
>>>>
>>>>example from script ran by cron:
>>>>
>>>>root    54313  0.0  0.2  1024  720  ??  S     3:20PM   0:00.00 cron:
>>>>running jo
>>>>
>>>>example from script ran by command line:
>>>>
>>>>root    54313  0.0  0.2  1024  720  ??  S     3:20PM   0:00.00 cron:
>>>>running job (cron)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Any way to make cron use more buffer?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
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>>Have the script mail the output to you instead of having cron do it.
>>That might change how the output reads.
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>Emailing the output shows the same thing.
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The script thats being ran by cron does a 'ps x |grep test.pl'.  and
prases the output from test.pl, but since cron is limiting the char
length, its not parsing the output right.



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