Linus Hicks wrote:
The "poor man's mailer" included as part of the cron package uses the
following construct to generate part of the filename used in making
log file names:
DATE=$(date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')
It then generates the filename as:
FILE="/tmp/cron.$DATE.$$.log"
However, it seems to be tacking on a CR character at the end of the
DATE portion which messes up the generated filenames. I cannot
reproduce this behavior in sh running in an xterm window:
Try running the mailer script through 'd2u'. If that doesn't work,
it suggests a difference in the environment for the cron service
versus your interactive shell. Any chance you have another, Win32-
native "date" hanging around?
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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