From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 14 12:13:45 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 473C4106564A for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:13:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA6A98FC08 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:13:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o5ECDeW7066086 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:13:40 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <4C161CF4.8090604@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:13:40 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <19478.6326.762000.959609@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <19478.6326.762000.959609@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.1 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: Simulate CRON X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:13:45 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 14/06/2010 12:55:34, Robert Huff wrote: > > Carmel writes: > >> > > I saw a posting here months ago regarding a way to simulate running >> > > a script under CRON. I wrote it down and now cannot find it. >> > > Googling has not proved very useful either. I just cannot remember >> > > the program name. >> >> > Are you looking for a cron syntax check? If yes, then this site >> > should be of some help: >> >> No, sorry. There was a command or program, I forgot which, that >> would allow a user to run a program under another environment, >> similar to the environment that a script under CRON would be >> running under. > > Are you possibly talking about a jail? Try: env -i USER=$USER HOME=$HOME LOGNAME=$LOGNAME \ PATH=/usr/bin:/bin SHELL=/bin/sh PWD=$HOME your-script-name Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwWHPQACgkQ8Mjk52CukIx5fQCaAlvxOIEvdG96J1+lSB0UCQlX NqsAnjFA4gG6eJtPiHlIBcfdRzjxaSAB =AwPN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----