Re: Cron question

From: Boris Šavc (boris.savc_at_odis-info.com)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:42:15 +0200

"Laurenz Albe" <albe@culturallNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:ci3p4k$m7i$3@at-vie-newsmaster01.nextra.at...
> "Boris ?avc" <boris.savc@odis-info.com> wrote:
> > I have a procedure that works fine from command line, but doesn't in
cron or
> > with at command.
>
> You have provided too little information.
>
> - What exactly is the command line?
> - What exactly is the crontab entry?
> - does the crontab belong to the same user that issues the command line?
> - If you don't redirect standard output|error to /dev/null in the
> crontab, what e-mail does that user get (if cron is set up
> accordingly).
>
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe

The command line is the same as cron entry: /PATH-TO/SCRIPT, the user is the
same, but if I do the standard input/output to /dev/null then script doesn't
work - not even from the command line - it never ends!! (I have to finish it
with CTRL-C).

Boris

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