You could check global $user -- cron runs as anon. You could also
check lock_acquire('cron', 240.0), which indicates cron is running.Carl Wiedemann Website design and development consulting [email protected] | skype: c4rlww On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 10:06 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been chasing the most annoying issue. I have a module that fires > off XML when a video node is updated, in order to prepare the advertising > that plays prior the video. The issue was that this process seemed to he > inconsistent, and it turns out that a cron job that updates the Facebook > 'likes' data is doing node saves, which triggers nodeapi with op=update just > like saving a node via the node form. > > I thought of adding a hidden field to the node form and testing for it, but > I was wondering if there is an easier way to determine what is firing the > hook, batch or user, process, something? > > Jeff >
