2009/10/16 Paul Halliday <paul.halli...@gmail.com> > I have a script that I call via Cron. > > It wont work unless I include a path: > > #!/usr/local/bin/bash > PATH="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin" > export $PATH > > which is fine and works. Out of curiosity though, why is it that if I > call it from the cl like ./test.sh I get this error: > > ./test.sh: line 3: export: > `/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin': not a > valid identifier > > The script still works but it does drop that error. > > What does it mean? > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >
drop the $ in front of path in the export line _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"