Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:21:48 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: test if script called by cron Message-ID: <20130916082148.5749c31c@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <5236EB03.7040001@ifdnrg.com> References: <5236EB03.7040001@ifdnrg.com>
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:26:59 +0100 Paul Macdonald articulated: > > Hi, > > Is there a simple way of testing whether a given script was called > via cron, > > I'd rather find a solution that would work from within the script > rather than setting an environment variable in the crontab. > > thanks > Paul. > > (anyone here going to EuroBSD con?) If you want to learn if the running script was called via cron, this would work, assuming you are running Bash. if [[ ! -t 0 ]]; then echo "Running from Cron" fi -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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