Todde wrote: > > Igor Peshansky wrote: >> On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Todde wrote: >> >>> With cygwin i want run a daily script that should build my source every >>> day. >>> I want do that with a cron job. >>> [snip] >>> >>> Here is the problem: >>> But i.e. if i call another script from the cronscript.sh it don't work >>> as a cronjob but it work when i enter it on the command line. >>> >>> [snip] >>> Any ideas why the behaviour is so different between command line and cron >>> job ?? >> Cron runs with different environment settings than your command line >> (which uses a login shell). You will need to either specify paths to >> executables explicitly in your cron scripts, or run them using the login >> bash shell (e.g., use this in your cron script: >> >> /bin/bash -l -c "check.sh" [snip] > Hi Igor, > Thx for the answer. > Is there a possibility to set the cron environment variables in a file (i.e. > crontab file)
To complement the other replies, the version of cron included with Cygwin let's you define environment variables inside crontab. > to get always the same behaviour between cron and bash shell > when i start cygwin? And which variables (settings) must i set ? That' something only you know, i.e. depends on what you are doing. -- René Berber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
