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Subject: RE: Running perl script in cron  in cygwin under Windows
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:49:31 -0000
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>> Cron works on other scripts but not with a perl script. If it's the
>> environment (we are running korn instead of the bash default), it
>> might be good to create a wrapper script in korn shell.

  perl often needs a rebaseall run to function at its best.

>> Does cron use bash default profile for the login to run?  That could
>> be the key.
> 
> It's also been a while since I had to solve cron problems, but I believe
> cron doesn't use any shell -- it just launches whatever program and
> arguments you feed it (via one of the exec() calls?).  So if you want to run
> shells, scripts, etc., you have to do whatever set up your code expects.

  See also "cron_diagnose.sh" and /usr/bin/cron-config.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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