Cron won't run csh scripts (solved!)

Stephen Schaefer schaefer at bgsuvax.UUCP
Tue Jul 30 01:27:00 AEST 1985


Thanks  to everyone who sent help.  The reason that the csh script would
not run from cron was that it was trying  to  run  /.cshrc  and  failing
because  of  a  bad/nonexistent  environment variable.  The solution was
thus to use an entry of the form

* * * * * /bin/csh -f /usr/local/test.csh

(The only reason I don't feel stupid is that, though I received many
insightful suggestions, I actually found the problem myself.)  Again,
blessings on the community for their help.

	Stephen P. Schaefer

"If you are made to wait, it is only to serve you better."
	- quoted in "The Mythical Man Month" by F. P. Brooks.



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