[mrtg] mrtg, cron and exim problem...

[Jakub M]

hello,

indeed, by deafult in cron.d there was SH and I have BASH

thanks!

2008/12/1 Alex van den Bogaerdt <alex at vandenbogaerdt.nl>:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jakub M" <burakozol at gmail.com>
> To: "MRTG list" <mrtg at lists.oetiker.ch>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:38 PM
> Subject: [mrtg] mrtg, cron and exim problem...
>
>
>>I have noticed a problem at junction of MRTG, cron and exim, so mot
>> 'pure' mrtg problem, but you might know the solution. I receive on a
>> local mail regularly informations:
>>
>> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `then'
>> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: `root      if [ -x /usr/bin/mrtg ] && [ -r
>> /etc/mrtg/mrtg-vlan-traffic.cfg ]; then env LANG=C /usr/
>> bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/mrtg-vlan-traffic.cfg >> /var/log/mrtg/mrtg.log 2>&1;
>> fi'
>>
>> that is send by Cron Daemon. But the line is a original line that
>> should run MRTG and normally, when I try it in a command line, it
>> works. Do you have any Idea what's going on?
>
>
> When you run the command on the command line, you may be using another shell
> and/or other settings.
>
> Perhaps cron handles '&&' different from what you expect.
>
> Try creating a small script. The 1st line contains "#!/bin/bash" (use the
> shell you're using, and adjust its path if necessary).
>
> Put the command in that script and run the script from cron. Does that work?
>
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