[aklug] Re: (ana)cron & Linux Counter update script

I was going to, but all the other files start with:

'#!/bin/sh' or '#!/bin/bash'

which believe means it's commented out. I'm guessing it was put there for form.

I did run chmod +x on it, just in case. It did not seem to need it to run from a command line.

Jim G

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From: "David J. Weller-Fahy" <dave-lists-aklug@weller-fahy.com>
To: aklug@aklug.org
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 9:01:03 AM
Subject: [aklug] Re: (ana)cron & Linux Counter update script

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* Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com> [2010-10-31 03:42 -0500]:
> I put a 2 line scrip in /etc/cron-weekly that consists of:
>
> #scrip to update this box on the linux counter project site weekly
> sudo -Hu jimg /home/jimg/.linuxcounter/machine-update -m
>
> at least it seems to work from the command line.
>
> Not have really done any scripts from scratch, do I need the '#!/bin/bash' stuff?

I would run `which sh`, which on my system results in /bin/sh, then
include '#!/bin/sh' as the first line of the file.

Check with the documentation for your cron/anacron system, though, and
see whether it's necessary on yours... if your cron system always runs
the scripts with a particular shell, and you want to use that shell,
then you don't have to specify.

- --
dave [ please don't CC me ]
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