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Date:      Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:25:25 -0300
From:      Paul Halliday <paul.halliday@gmail.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   export PATH in script called via Cron.
Message-ID:  <2dab70a30910160525q3f30a170ufb54277ae484e016@mail.gmail.com>

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I have a script that I call via Cron.

It wont work unless I include a path:

#!/usr/local/bin/bash
PATH="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin"
export $PATH

which is fine and works. Out of curiosity though, why is it that if I
call it from the cl like ./test.sh I get this error:

./test.sh: line 3: export:
`/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin': not a
valid identifier

The script still works but it does drop that error.

What does it mean?

Thanks.



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