Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 22:10:13 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: stan <stanb@panix.com> Subject: Re: What invokes cricket on FreeBSD Message-ID: <200909032210.14047.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <20090903190241.GA13402@teddy.fas.com> References: <20090903114857.GA635@teddy.fas.com> <200909031754.37681.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <20090903190241.GA13402@teddy.fas.com>
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On Thursday 03 September 2009 21:02:41 stan wrote: > pnoc# cat collect-subtrees > #!/bin/sh > > echo STARTED >> /tmp/stan > which perl >> /tmp/stan > /usr/local/cricket/cricket/collect-subtrees.pl normal >> /tmp/stan > echo Done >> /tmp/stan > > /tmp stan contains: > > pnoc# cat /tmp/stan > STARTED > /usr/bin/perl > Done > STARTED > /usr/bin/perl > Done > > So, cron is invoking the correct command, and perl can be found, but the > original collect_subtrees perl script silently dies. > > I am convinced it's an environemt probkl`lem, I am just uncertain how to > determine what. I'm not anymore. I'm putting 1 cent on a broken /usr/bin/perl symlink (perl upgrade gone bonkers, f.e. done with ro mounted /usr) and another cent on the perl script using system() function, with pathless commands (that is environment). file /usr/bin/perl should report if the symlink is broken. -- Mel
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