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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Running Shell Script in the cron, background process Post 302570565 by blacksteel1988 on Thursday 3rd of November 2011 03:33:28 PM
Old 11-03-2011
Running Shell Script in the cron, background process
Hi, i was looking for an answer for some trouble im having runing a script in the cron, thing is, that when i run it manually it works just fine. But when cron runs it, it just doenst work. I saw a reply on a similar subject, suggesting that the . .profile worked for you, but im kind of confused and its the reason im looking for your advice. how does the instruction goes in the Shell script??
Is it:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
. .profile
command/proccess &

Or
Code:
#!/bin/bash
. $HOME/.profile
command/proccess &


Help please, and thanks for your time
Last edited by Franklin52; 11-08-2011 at 03:13 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

apticron

apticron(1)						      General Commands Manual						       apticron(1)

NAME

       apticron - Generate a mail listing packages which are pending an upgrade

SYNOPSIS

       apticron [--cron]

DESCRIPTION

       apticron is a shell script which generates a mail with a list of all packages currently pending an upgrade, as well as summary of changes -
       using apt-listchanges - to a configurable Email address.

       apticron is mainly intended for automatic notification of pending security updates but can also be used	in  many  other  situations  where
       timely updates are necessary.

       The --cron option is only meant to be used when invoked by cron in order to run no more than once a day.

FILES

       /etc/apticron/apticron.conf
	      Configuration file, Email address to mail and profile for use with apt-listchanges are configurable.

       /etc/cron.d/apticron
	      Cron job for executing apticron daily.

       /etc/cron.daily/apticron
	      Fallback cron script for executing apticron (if no crond running or system down at designated time).

       /var/lib/misc/apticron.cron
	      Time stamp file used by apticron when invoked with --cron option.

SEE ALSO

       apt-get(8), apt-listchanges(1), cron(8)

AUTHOR

       Apticron  was initially developed by Colm MacCarthaigh <colm.maccarthaigh@heanet.ie> with contributions from Marc Sherman <msherman@projec-
       tile.ca>. Since 2006 it is maintained and improved by Tiago Bortoletto Vaz <tiago@debian.org>.

																       apticron(1)
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