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To:	Joseph Skinner <joe@earthlight.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: problems with an rc script called from cron
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> This script works fine when called from the command line but when run
> from cron nothing is returned in the variable $res.

Is $PATH set correctly when run from cron?  Usually, cron only provides
a bare minimum path to the programs it spawns.

--p