Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:18:03 -0800 (PST) From: GESBBB <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Problem with BASH and [ ! -t 0 ] test. Message-ID: <502804.7096.qm@web32108.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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I am using this snippet of code in a bash script that is run via CRON.=0A=
=A0=0A=A0=0A<snippet>=0A# See if we are running via CRON=0A=A0=A0=A0 if [ !=
-t 0 ]=0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 then=0A# Use the BASH RANDOM function to generate=
a random number between 0 & 32767=0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 RESTING=3D$((RAN=
DOM/60))=0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 sleep ${RESTING}=0A=A0=A0=A0 fi=0A</snippe=
t>=0A=A0=0A=A0=0AIt runs fine from the console; however, when run via CRON,=
it outputs this error message.=0A=A0=0ATput: No terminal type specified an=
d no TERM environmental variable.=0A=A0=0AI have Googled about, yet I canno=
t find an answer. Perhaps some Bash guru can assist me.=0A=A0=0A-- =0AGerar=
d=0Agesbbb@yahoo.com
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