Tony van der Hoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Cron task is invoked from a simple crontab entry: > # /home/tony/crontab -- crontab for user tony > [email protected] > SHELL=/bin/sh > <snip> > * * * * * /home/tony/scripts/test
> tony@tony-fr:~$ ls -al /dev/stdout > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Aug 21 17:30 /dev/stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1 > tony@tony-fr:~$ ls -ald /dev > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 3340 Aug 21 17:30 /dev At least you don't have a multi-gigabyte /dev/stdout-file on your system filled with the output of numerous scripts from years ago :) I'd guess /proc/self/fd/1 is different for programs invoked from cron, because cron redirects stdout to catch any output from programs. Please add something like this: ls -al /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout 2>&1 > /tmp/testoutput to your script and provide the output. Maybe this will be helpful. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
