I think that cron.d directory works a bit different, as username is
specified in argument after time.

Yep, tested that. So, it's not using variables from /etc/crontab

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Eero

2015-10-22 23:09 GMT+03:00 Reindl Harald <[email protected]>:

>
>
> Am 22.10.2015 um 21:58 schrieb Eero Volotinen:
>
>> You should really read man page of cron(tab). Variables are defined
>> inside the file scope, they are not global.
>>
>
> that's pure nonsense and i can prove that by 10 years Redhat / Fedora
> expierience setting all sorts of environment varibales inside /etc/crontab
> including the PATH and *as long* not some crap overrides that by intention
> they are used by *anything* started via crond
>
> 2015-10-22 22:52 GMT+03:00 Diego Gomes <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>>
>>     # cat /etc/crontab
>>     SHELL=/bin/bash
>>     PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>>     MAILTO=root
>>     HOME=/
>>
>>     already have!
>>
>>     what is inside of cron.d does not respect the PATH from /etc/crontab
>>
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