It is always a struggle configuring a cronjob to run certain scripts; there is always a mis configuration, a PATH, an environment variable that is different from when you use it in interactive mode, e - eviltoast

It is always a struggle configuring a cronjob to run certain scripts; there is always a mis configuration, a PATH, an environment variable that is different from when you use it in interactive mode, etc… Do you have any tricks to avoid or minimize those issues?

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  • Coelacanthus
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    110 months ago

    Always use absolute path. If you write some shell snippet which may be run in different environment, avoid use just command name for uncommon one.