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Kevin M wrote:
> radski has brought this to us :
>> Pierre,
>>
>> fantastic help, can't thank you enough - I didn't realize you could
>> explicitly set HOME in the crontab - adding
>> set HOME=/home/xuser
>>
>> worked a treat.
>>
>> For future reference the error is below, hope it helps someone when they
>> google this.
>>
>> The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /usr/sbin/cron ) cannot be
>> found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry 
>> information or
>> message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
>> able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see 
>> Help and
>> Support for details. The following information is part of the event:
>> /usr/sbin/cron: PID 966380: (CRON) error (can't cd to HOME).
>>

<snip>

> 
> Hello,
> Hopefully I'm supposed to post at the bottom of the page. I tried adding 
> set HOME=/home/username and recieved a bad minute error? Is there some 
> trick to this..

Bottom posting is highly encouraged as well as selective trimming to keep
context for your reply and the message size manageable.

I guess we'd need to see your crontab file.

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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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