Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:23:02 -0500 From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: Eric Bullen <barnabus.pinklehorn@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looks like a bug (or odd intended practice) in cron not honoring the PATH variable. Message-ID: <20120129012302.GA1933@glenbarber.us> In-Reply-To: <CAOdRyJxE4svHttHKJM5tjQYW62u=pmcCi9Cg4-ok3ePg59hUdg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOdRyJxE4svHttHKJM5tjQYW62u=pmcCi9Cg4-ok3ePg59hUdg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 04:45:01PM -0800, Eric Bullen wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm running the following: > > FreeBSD x 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:46:30 UTC > 2012 root@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > I couldn't figure out why SOME of root's cronjobs weren't running, and > others were. Here's my test crontab for root: > > > # > PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/user/local/bin Looks to me like '/user/local/bin' is more likely the problem. It should be '/usr/local/bin' (note the lack of 'e'). Regards, Glen
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