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Date:      Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:47:46 +0100
From:      Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: .sh interactive ok, from crontab, not
Message-ID:  <5.1.1.6.2.20021125074602.01c98e80@mail.go2france.com>
In-Reply-To: <BA06ED40.14B73%pscott@skycoast.us>
References:  <5.1.1.6.2.20021125005050.01e0c638@mail.go2france.com>

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>Okay, I was able to duplicate your problem. It is due to the output of 'ps'
>being truncated to 80 columns, the default terminal size. You are likely
>running a wide terminal display on your interactive session (as I do)

yep, TeraTerm on Windows, very wide display.

>but cron will see the default 80 column terminal. This is the difference 
>between the two.

ugh, amazing!

>Try running 'ps' using the -w flag (wide column mode):
>
>   if ( ps -auxw | grep -iq "^root.*master" ) ; then
>
>I've tested this and it works.

here, too, thanks!!

Len


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