Shell Programming and Scripting

"Tip about cron" was to write a very simple script to find out what the environment looks like in cron. It will tell you that is a skeleton environment which is nothing like the environment for an interactive user and may not even be using the same shell.

Try the simple "env" cron for practice. It will also show you that redirect to a log works. It of course only works if there is any output. Ideally in your Live script you will have already redirected any output to log files in which case there is nothing left to capture on the crontab line itself. I say ideally because all unredirected output turns up in mail for the user of the cron which is just about the least useful place!

Thanks Methyl....!!!

People like you is making my unix script learning very interesting and boosting my confidence that a novimce like me can also do it.....!!!!

Thanks a lot and will keep bugging you....


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