Re: problems with an rc script called from cron

[bengt <bengt@dynas.se>]

 
> I am having problems with the following script
> 
> ============================================================
> #! /usr/bin/rc 
> 
> res=`{telnet phoenix.earthlight.co.nz 4647  >[2] /dev/null} 
> echo `{date} '     ' $res(10) >> /home/joe/bin/modemcheck.log
> if ( ~ $res 1 2 3  ) {killppp 900 }
> ============================================================
> 
> This script works fine when called from the command line but when run
> from cron nothing is returned in the variable $res.
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions as to what is going wrong here.

No suggestions yet, but could you answer the following.

What happens if you use "echo hello" insted of "telnet ..."?
What happens if you do the same thing using "sh"?

> ps. I am I still on this list as things seem to have been very quite
> recently.

Lists are full of 1) Bug reports or 2) Pleas for new features or 3) "How do I do 
this?"
My guess is that:
There is not many bugs left in rc.
The users of rc thinks there should not be more features (I do. I would actually 
like to get rid of else and reinstate ifnot).
The users of rc are competent enough to handle the things they want to do.



Best Wishes, Bengt
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