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Operating Systems Solaris TZ variable not exported when running from cron Post 302591322 by methyl on Thursday 19th of January 2012 08:07:43 AM
Old 01-19-2012
This is almost to fiddly to follow.

Create a script and place the commands in a executable script which you can run from cron.
Don't forget a shebang line at the top so you definitely run the Shell you want not whatever the default is in cron.

The way yours is behaving is like an old Bourne Shell in which case you would need "export TZ" before "date". It is not unusual for the default Shell in cron to be an old Bourne Shell. Put the commands in a Shell script with approriate shebang line and forget trying to create complex commands on a cron line.

Ps. It always helps to know what Operating System and version you have and what Shell you prefer.
 

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CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Source(3)		User Contributed Perl Documentation	      CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Source(3)

NAME

       CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Source - read in CPANPLUS commands

SYNOPSIS

	   CPAN Terminal> /source /tmp/list_of_commands /tmp/more_commands

DESCRIPTION

       This is a "CPANPLUS::Shell::Default" plugin that works just like your unix shells source(1) command; it reads in a file that has commands
       in it to execute, and then executes them.

       A sample file might look like this:

	   # first, update all the source files
	   x --update_source

	   # find all of my modules that are on the CPAN
	   # test them, and store the error log
	   a ^KANE$'
	   t *
	   p /home/kane/cpan-autotest/log

	   # and inform us we're good to go
	   ! print "Autotest complete, log stored; please enter your commands!"

       Note how empty lines, and lines starting with a '#' are being skipped in the execution.

BUG REPORTS

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AUTHOR

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COPYRIGHT

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SEE ALSO

       CPANPLUS::Shell::Default, CPANPLUS::Shell, cpanp

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