Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:15:38 +0200 From: Jonathan McKeown <j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Simulate CRON Message-ID: <201006141415.38389.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP551C6AAD193A252C3010E393DC0@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP551C6AAD193A252C3010E393DC0@phx.gbl>
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On Monday 14 June 2010 13:39:15 Carmel wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:41:19 +0530 > > Amitabh Kant <amitabhkant@gmail.com> articulated: > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Carmel <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I saw a posting here months ago regarding a way to simulate running > > > a script under CRON. I wrote it down and now cannot find it. > > > Googling has not proved very useful either. I just cannot remember > > > the program name. > > > > > > I hope I am explaining this sanely enough. > > > > Are you looking for a cron syntax check? If yes, then this site > > should be of some help: > > > > http://www.hxpi.com/cron_sandbox.php > > No, sorry. There was a command or program, I forgot which, that would > allow a user to run a program under another environment, similar to the > environment that a script under CRON would be running under. env(1)? =46rom the manpage: The env utility executes another utility after modifying the environment as= =20 specified on the command line. Jonathan
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