Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:29:01 -0500 From: Software Info <softwareinfojam@gmail.com> To: Walter Cramer <wfc@mintsol.com> Cc: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Crontab Question Message-ID: <5caf5d3d.1c69fb81.63ae1.ffd0@mx.google.com> In-Reply-To: <20190410172638.C14867@mulder.mintsol.com> References: <5cae4e6f.1c69fb81.95785.62bf@mx.google.com> <CAJuc1zNRcG5WaZ4weC=TNLuXCfT=oxMtismm%2B6apWXEtJZhH3A@mail.gmail.com> <5cae5cc3.1c69fb81.15e0.dbd1@mx.google.com> <20190410172638.C14867@mulder.mintsol.com>
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Well thanks for all the input. I just have to tp keep working at it. Again,= much appreciated. Regards SI Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Walter Cramer Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 4:40 PM To: Software Info Cc: Jonathan Chen; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Crontab Question On Wed, 10 Apr 2019, Software Info wrote: > OK. So although the script is located in my home directory, it doesn=C3= =A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t=20 > start there? Sorry but I don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t quite understand. = Could you explain a=20 > little further please? Both 'cp' and 'ls' are located in /bin. But if I run the 'ls' command in=20 /root, 'ls' can't find 'cp' (unless I tell it where to look) - even though= =20 /bin *is* in my PATH - server7:/root # ls cp ls: cp: No such file or directory server7:/root # ls /bin/cp /bin/cp Where the system looks for *commands*, to execute, is different from where= =20 it looks for other files, which those commands use. The latter is=20 generally only the current directory (unless you tell it otherwise).=20 When cron runs a script as root, "current directory" will be /root. BUT - for security and other reasons, it would be better to have cron run=20 your script as you (not root), and as '/home/me/myscript' (instead of=20 adding your home directory to PATH in /etc/crontab). -Walter
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