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Old 03-25-2009
Calling C program from cron results in no output
I can call a C program from the shell and results are outputted as normal. The C program processes some files and spits out a .csv file.

If I scheduled it in cron, there is no output.

If their a special way to schedule C programs in cron?

thanks & regards
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Old 03-26-2009
There should be no difference to a default run, with those exceptions:
  • The run directory is the $HOME of the UID it's running under (eg. if it's running as root the script is started in /root/ in Linux)
  • Any output to stdout/stderr is captured and sent via email, except if email delivery is turned off, then it's discarded
  • Input from the user isn't possible as there's no TTY connected
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