[Touch-packages] [Bug 934337] Re: cron truncates command before execution, gives no erro
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 826702 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/826702 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 826702 crontab cuts off file names at 100 characters -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cron in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/934337 Title: cron truncates command before execution, gives no erro Status in “cron” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: cron truncates commands at 999 characters, then executes them, giving no errors or warnings. I'd prefer that cron NOT run the job, and instead throw an error. Much less important, it would be nice if the limit were increased. Worst case actually happened to me, rsync --del output directory got truncated just right, deleting lots of data. That was fun to figure out. Length was due to many --excludes. I suspect that the truncation is related to the MAX_COMMAND value. As a test case, I created the job: * * * * * echo a; date /home/darxus/tmp/a Which should create a file in /home/darxus/tmp/ 93 characters long, but truncates it at 72 characters long. rsync mailing list discussion: http://www.mail- archive.com/rs...@lists.samba.org/msg26564.html ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: cron 3.0pl1-116ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.55-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Feb 17 11:59:40 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - Release amd64 (20091027) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: cron UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-02 (290 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/934337/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 934337] Re: cron truncates command before execution, gives no erro
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: cron (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cron in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/934337 Title: cron truncates command before execution, gives no erro Status in “cron” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: cron truncates commands at 999 characters, then executes them, giving no errors or warnings. I'd prefer that cron NOT run the job, and instead throw an error. Much less important, it would be nice if the limit were increased. Worst case actually happened to me, rsync --del output directory got truncated just right, deleting lots of data. That was fun to figure out. Length was due to many --excludes. I suspect that the truncation is related to the MAX_COMMAND value. As a test case, I created the job: * * * * * echo a; date /home/darxus/tmp/a Which should create a file in /home/darxus/tmp/ 93 characters long, but truncates it at 72 characters long. rsync mailing list discussion: http://www.mail- archive.com/rs...@lists.samba.org/msg26564.html ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: cron 3.0pl1-116ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.55-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Feb 17 11:59:40 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - Release amd64 (20091027) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: cron UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-02 (290 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/934337/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp