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Date:      Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:38:21 -0500
From:      Software Info <softwareinfojam@gmail.com>
To:        Richard Mackerras <mack63richard@gmail.com>
Cc:        Walter Cramer <wfc@mintsol.com>,  "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>,  Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
Subject:   RE: Crontab Question
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Thanks so much for all the replies. It was true that I had to hardcode ever=
y path but thankfully it is working now. Really appreciate the assistance.


Kind Regards
SI



From: Richard Mackerras
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2019 11:53 AM
To: Software Info
Cc: Walter Cramer; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Jonathan Chen
Subject: Re: Crontab Question

In your script put a few commands outputting to a check file

pwd > /tmp/checkfile

Add a few more like=20

ENV >> /tmp/checkfile

Just to make sure it really is in the directory you expect with the environ=
ment you expect.=20

If you want it to be run as you never use the root crontab unless you want =
really crap security.=20

Cheers


Sent from my iPad

> On 11 Apr 2019, at 16:29, Software Info <softwareinfojam@gmail.com> wrote=
:
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> Well thanks for all the input. I just have to tp keep working at it. Agai=
n, much appreciated.
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> Regards
> SI
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> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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> 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
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>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2019, Software Info wrote:
>>=20
>> 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?
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> 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 thoug=
h=20
> /bin *is* in my PATH -
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> server7:/root # ls cp
> ls: cp: No such file or directory
> server7:/root # ls /bin/cp
> /bin/cp
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> Where the system looks for *commands*, to execute, is different from wher=
e=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.
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> 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).
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> -Walter
>=20
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