Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:04:19 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: stan <stanb@panix.com> Subject: Re: What invokes cricket on FreeBSD Message-ID: <200909041704.19865.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <20090904142807.GA5339@teddy.fas.com> References: <20090903114857.GA635@teddy.fas.com> <200909032341.28748.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <20090904142807.GA5339@teddy.fas.com>
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On Friday 04 September 2009 16:28:07 stan wrote: > On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 11:41:28PM +0200, Mel Flynn wrote: > > On Thursday 03 September 2009 22:23:47 stan wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 10:10:13PM +0200, Mel Flynn wrote: > > > > On Thursday 03 September 2009 21:02:41 stan wrote: > > > > > pnoc# cat collect-subtrees > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > > > > > > > echo STARTED >> /tmp/stan > > > > > which perl >> /tmp/stan > > > > > /usr/local/cricket/cricket/collect-subtrees.pl normal >> /tmp/stan > > > > > echo Done >> /tmp/stan > > > > > > > > > > /tmp stan contains: > > > > > > > > > > pnoc# cat /tmp/stan > > > > > STARTED > > > > > /usr/bin/perl > > > > > Done > > > > > STARTED > > > > > /usr/bin/perl > > > > > Done > > > > > > > > > > So, cron is invoking the correct command, and perl can be found, > > > > > but the original collect_subtrees perl script silently dies. > > > > > > > > > > I am convinced it's an environemt probkl`lem, I am just uncertain > > > > > how to determine what. > > > > > > > > I'm not anymore. I'm putting 1 cent on a broken /usr/bin/perl symlink > > > > (perl upgrade gone bonkers, f.e. done with ro mounted /usr) and > > > > another cent on the perl script using system() function, with > > > > pathless commands (that is environment). > > > > Ok, one liner: > > su -m cricket env -i HOME=/usr/local/cricket PATH=/bin:/usr/bin \ > > /usr/local/cricket/cricket/collect-subtrees.pl normal > > > > I've downloaded the 1.0.5 version, but can't quickly see where that would > > go wrong with this script. touch is in /usr/bin, so that should work. Any > > cron messages in /var/mail/cricket? > > I am away from work today, and won't be back till Tuesday. I can't access > this from home. > > I will try your test then. The only messages that are getting to > /var/log/cron is just the one saying that the task was executed. Yea, the error messages end up in /var/mail/$USER or MAILTO variable if set in crontab. /var/log/maillog should have some tell tales. -- Mel
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