On 29/12/2024 at 00:20, Takashi Yano via Cygwin wrote:
On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:07:10 +0000
Chris Elvidge wrote:
I have a directory of files that I need the contained executables run
from CRON. (Like run-parts.)
I have found that since 25/12/2024, when run from CRON, it doesn't
differentiate between executable and non-executable files. I.e. tries to
run the non-executables. It ran correctly on 24/12/2024, i.e apache2 and
updatedb ran, rest skipped.
Check file (simplified bit of original):
$ cat bin/check-execute-bit
#!/bin/sh
cd $HOME/daily
for S in *; do
[ -x "$S" ] && echo "$S : executable" || echo "$S : not executable"
done
Directory contents:
$ ls -l $HOME/daily
total 48K
-rwxr-xr-x 1 celvi celvi 625 Apr 24 2024 apache2
-rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 15K Apr 24 2024 apt
-rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 355 Apr 24 2024 bsdmainutils
-rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 1.6K Apr 24 2024 dpkg
-rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 2.2K Apr 24 2024 locate
-rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 1.3K Apr 24 2024 man-db
-rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 1.1K Apr 24 2024 ntp
-rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 257 Apr 26 2024 passwd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 celvi celvi 932 Apr 24 2024 updatedb
Run from command line:
$ check-execute-bit
apache2 : executable
apt : not executable
bsdmainutils : not executable
dpkg : not executable
locate : not executable
man-db : not executable
ntp : not executable
passwd : not executable
updatedb : executable
Output from CRON running check-execute-bit:
apache2 executable
apt executable
bsdmainutils executable
dpkg executable
locate executable
man-db executable
ntp executable
passwd executable
updatedb executable
Anyone any ideas where I can look next for what is going wrong?
If you are running cron as privileged account (like SYSTEM),
perhaps, this is due to:
https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2024-December/256972.html
This problem will be fixed by:
https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-patches/2024q4/013146.html
OK. Thanks. I'll work around it for the time being.
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Chris Elvidge
England
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