Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 08:31:41 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ping program not working from cron Message-ID: <199804091531.IAA25761@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 23:37:35 -0400
From: Chado <chado@p3.net>
>When I run it from the command line it works fine...but when I install it
>in the cron it doesnt find any of the local machines.
Are you sure the Perl script in question is even finding the
"ping" program?
cron has a rather limited environment... including the PATH (generally).
Since you're using a Perl script, though, you could
$ENV{'PATH'} .= ":/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin";
or some such thing before invoking external programs.
david
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