Sebastian Helms wrote:
> Hi !
>
> Using SuSE 6.1, I want to run "expect fetch" every 2 hours by cron. This
> expect script runs wvdial, waits for the connection, runs fetchmail and
> sendmail -q and hangs up.
>
> When starting "expect fetch" manually, it all works fine. But when run by
> cron, I get the following error message:
>
> spawn wvdial
> failed to get controlling terminal using TIOCSCTTYparent sync byte write:
> broken pipe
>
> I have no clue what this means. Any ideas ?
>
> I know some things: wvdial writes to stderr, but calling "wvdial 2>&1"
> doesn't work as wvdial takes 2>&1 as an option.
> My crontab entry: 0 */2 * * * root expect fetch # (always run as root)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sebastian
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