Hmm, still not working. Here's what's in /var/log/system.log Aug 8 12:16:00 dhcp-192-168-66-178 CRON[4954]: (releaseb) CMD (root open /Volumes/Builds/Development/perl.pl.command) Aug 8 12:16:00 dhcp-192-168-66-178 sendmail[4955]: g78JG0eG004955: SYSERR(releaseb): collect: Cannot write ./dfg78JG0eG004955 (bfcommit, uid=25, gid=25): P$ Aug 8 12:16:00 dhcp-192-168-66-178 sendmail[4955]: g78JG0eG004955: SYSERR(releaseb): queueup: cannot create queue temp file ./tfg78JG0eG004955, uid=25: Per$ Aug 8 12:16:00 dhcp-192-168-66-178 CRON[4953]: (releaseb) MAIL (mailed 29 bytes of output but got status 0x0047 ) Aug 8 12:17:52 dhcp-192-168-66-178 su: releaseb to root on /dev/ttyp1
In crontab, I have [EMAIL PROTECTED] but I'm not getting email either. Do you know what I'm missing? I thought I was getting the 'cannot create temp file' error because I wasn't root, but the crontab line is as follows: 16 12 * * * root open Volumes/Builds/Development/perl.pl.command Any thoughts? Thanks, Noah -----Original Message----- From: Morbus Iff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 11:37 AM To: Noah Hoffman; 'Rich & Michaela'; Noah Hoffman Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Launching a Perl file with Cron on OS X? >Now, the process launches but it remains hidden. Is there a way to launch >the terminal so I can see the perl scripts running? Or, should I redirect >the output? Rename the perl script to "perl.pl.command", and use "open". A shell file with an extension of ".command" becomes double-clickable through the Finder. The "open" shell utility duplicates a double-click. -- Morbus Iff ( i'm the droid you're looking for ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ Please Me: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/wishlist/25USVJDH68554 icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus
