Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:20:33 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Morgan_Wesstr=F6m?= <freebsd-ports@pp.dyndns.biz> To: "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Trying to "make index" in a crontab job Message-ID: <48C8F0F1.8040204@pp.dyndns.biz> In-Reply-To: <20080911012951.GA23787@rwpc12.mby.riverwillow.net.au> References: <48C83139.7080303@pp.dyndns.biz> <20080911012951.GA23787@rwpc12.mby.riverwillow.net.au>
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John Marshall wrote: > On Wed, 10 Sep 2008, 22:42 +0200, Morgan Wesstr?m wrote: >> # which pkg_info >> /usr/sbin/pkg_info >> >> When I try to use crontab to "make index" in /usr/ports I end up with this: >> Generating INDEX-7 - please wait..pkg_info: not found > > See crontab(5). cron(8) doesn't give you /usr/sbin in PATH by default. > That was the problem. I simply assumed that since this is root's crontab that it also had root's complete environment available. I have added root's path to the crontab now. Thanks everyone for your help. /M
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