Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:54:31 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cron mystery Message-ID: <45E310C7.1020903@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <45E3089F.9070000@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> References: <45E3089F.9070000@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk>
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Robin Becker wrote: [ ... ] > before > ################## > SHELL=/bin/sh > MAILTO=user > > 13 3 * * * $HOME/bin/daily > 19 * * * * $HOME/bin/hourly > > > after > ################## > SHELL=/bin/sh > MAILTO=user > > 13 3 * * * /home/user/bin/daily > 41 * * * * /home/user/bin/hourly > > > and at 41 past the hour the hourly job came back. > > Is it the HOME variable or the act of rewriting? User did have home > defined in /etc/passwd. I suspect that $HOME isn't being defined as one might expect-- cron provides a very minimal shell environment for scripts it runs. -- -Chuck
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