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

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:46:50 -0000 (UTC)

Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:57:16 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

> It needs the TERM environment variable to be defined:
>
>     env -i TERM=xterm top
>
> produces a top display.

Of course, what value such a display might have in a batch job,
remains a questionable issue ...