Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:55:41 +0200 From: Kusalananda =?utf-8?B?S8OkaMOkcmk=?= <andreas.kahari@abc.se> To: paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: command works interactively but not in cron? Message-ID: <YydNjbA/eEcM%2Bc3l@harpo.local> In-Reply-To: <CAMtcK2oLAopL9rO4SzJxzL30FpJ0YjrmybajQ6LJzeehNzKnGA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMtcK2oLAopL9rO4SzJxzL30FpJ0YjrmybajQ6LJzeehNzKnGA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 08:49:05AM -0700, paul beard wrote: > /usr/sbin/pkg query %o works fine interactively but if I use it to backup a > list of installed pkgs in crontab, it fails: > > 00 4 * * * /usr/sbin/pkg query %o > /var/backups/installed.pkgs > > Usage: pkg query <query-format> <pkg-name> > pkg query [-a] <query-format> > pkg query -F <pkg-name> <query-format> > pkg query -e <evaluation> <query-format> > pkg query [-Cgix] <query-format> <pattern> <...> > > For more information see 'pkg help query.' > > What am I missing here? > -- > Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ Escape the % 0 4 * * * /usr/sbin/pkg query \%o >/var/backups/installed.pkgs See also crontab(5) -- Andreas (Kusalananda) Kähäri SciLifeLab, NBIS, ICM Uppsala University, Sweden .
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