On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 5:42 PM, T o n g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:19:10 -0700, David Fox wrote: > > >> Please take a look at the following cron task: > >> > >> * * * * * root ps -eaf | grep -E 'cdrecord.* -[dts]ao |cdrdao > >> *write|growisofs.*speed=' > /dev/null || logger get executed. > > > > I'm not exactly sure why you want to do that - the five asterisks > > mean run this command every minute of every day. > > It is for testing. > > >> PS. I'm sure the PATH is setup properly in my cron, so cron can find ps > >> & grep. > > > > cron runs in a restricted environment and doesn't (to my knowledge) > > source $PATH from anywhere, so you need to explicitly add the paths > > (i.e., /usr/bin/cdrecord) or run a shell script that sets those & then > > runs your command. > > You are only partly true. FYI, I can invoke my own command from > un-standard (ie weird) places without specifying path.
YOU may well be able to do that, but cron almost certainly cannot, without explicit path information (as was just suggested). Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
