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Date:      Thu, 09 Oct 2003 09:52:58 -0500
From:      "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        Scott Rothgaber <scott@palmetto.tv>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [FAQ pointer] Re: Cron
Message-ID:  <3F85764A.9090507@daleco.biz>
In-Reply-To: <3F856A15.10206@palmetto.tv>
References:  <3F855B43.5010405@palmetto.tv> <441xtmedvm.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <3F856A15.10206@palmetto.tv>

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Scott Rothgaber wrote:

> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>
>> A simple copy won't work; the files have different formats.
>
>
> Understood. The format of the tab is fine. When the command runs, 
> however, there is a path problem because the job will generate errors 
> like "chkgrp: not found." 

Cron has a very limited environment, as you've discovered.

Give it the full path to the executable (/usr/bin/checkgrp), it'll be 
happier.

HTH,



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