Hi,

as cron is throwing away most environment variables I do want to have a script run exactly like I would do it on the console. I use two ways:

You want to collect all cron jobs in one crontab of root but want to run them with a certain uid:

* * * * * su - user -c '/usr/bin/perl /home/myuser/scripts/perl/flash.
+pl'

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or you run it in the crontab of the user and force an environment as if you have logged in:

* * * * * bash -l -c 'usr/bin/perl /home/myuser/scripts/perl/flash.pl'

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Probably this would also trigger the mounting of your home directory if this is the reason for your problem.

Regards
McA

In reply to Re: Crontab "Can't open perl script", " No such file or directory" by McA
in thread Crontab "Can't open perl script", " No such file or directory" by Anonymous Monk

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