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[63.143.111.202]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 110sm27880398uaq.7.2019.04.11.08.29.01 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:29:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5caf5d3d.1c69fb81.63ae1.ffd0@mx.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Walter Cramer Cc: Jonathan Chen , "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" From: Software Info Subject: RE: Crontab Question Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:29:01 -0500 Importance: normal X-Priority: 3 In-Reply-To: <20190410172638.C14867@mulder.mintsol.com> References: <5cae4e6f.1c69fb81.95785.62bf@mx.google.com> <5cae5cc3.1c69fb81.15e0.dbd1@mx.google.com> <20190410172638.C14867@mulder.mintsol.com> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 5FAE86BB6F X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=uLVjazvJ; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of softwareinfojam@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::e34 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=softwareinfojam@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.98 / 15.00]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(0.00)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; URI_COUNT_ODD(1.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; RBL_SEM_IPV6(1.00)[4.3.e.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.bl.ipv6.spameatingmonkey.net]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(0.00)[gmail.com,none]; HAS_X_PRIO_THREE(0.00)[3]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.986,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(0.00)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-stable@freebsd.org]; BAD_REP_POLICIES(0.10)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[4.3.e.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; IP_SCORE(-2.98)[ip: (-9.71), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-2.95), asn: 15169(-2.19), country: US(-0.06)] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:29:04 -0000 Well thanks for all the input. I just have to tp keep working at it. Again,= much appreciated. Regards SI Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Walter Cramer Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 4:40 PM To: Software Info Cc: Jonathan Chen; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Crontab Question On Wed, 10 Apr 2019, Software Info wrote: > OK. So although the script is located in my home directory, it doesn=C3= =A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t=20 > start there? Sorry but I don=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t quite understand. = Could you explain a=20 > little further please? Both 'cp' and 'ls' are located in /bin. But if I run the 'ls' command in=20 /root, 'ls' can't find 'cp' (unless I tell it where to look) - even though= =20 /bin *is* in my PATH - server7:/root # ls cp ls: cp: No such file or directory server7:/root # ls /bin/cp /bin/cp Where the system looks for *commands*, to execute, is different from where= =20 it looks for other files, which those commands use. The latter is=20 generally only the current directory (unless you tell it otherwise).=20 When cron runs a script as root, "current directory" will be /root. BUT - for security and other reasons, it would be better to have cron run=20 your script as you (not root), and as '/home/me/myscript' (instead of=20 adding your home directory to PATH in /etc/crontab). -Walter