[lug] Terminal error. On cron job.

D. Stimits stimits at idcomm.com
Tue Apr 10 10:24:00 MDT 2001


Blaine Berger wrote:
> 
> Try setting the TERM environment variable in /etc/crontab  :
> 
> TERM=vt100
> 
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> Blaine Berger
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I can add a note that might help. Since cron doesn't really login the
same way as a regular user, you have to set the environment variable in
the crontab file (/etc/crontab).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com



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