Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab

In comp.os.linux.misc, c186282  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Run the script from the CL and it works perfectly.
> 
> Run it via root crontab though and the top redirect
> file exists, but is EMPTY.

The environment variables for cron jobs are usually nearly empty.
Anytime something works from the shell but not from cron, check
environment variables.

Here's a tip: your cron scripts should work with _no_ environment
variables at all. To run them that with, use `env -i`. When I run
`env -i top` I get _no_ output at all.

The "-b" option suggested in another post fixes the no output problem.

Elijah
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top probably wants $TERM set when not in batch mode