Problem with BASH and [ ! -t 0 ] test.

[Matthew Seaman]

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GESBBB wrote:
| I am using this snippet of code in a bash script that is run via CRON.
|
|
| <snippet>
| # See if we are running via CRON
|     if [ ! -t 0 ]
|       then
| # Use the BASH RANDOM function to generate a random number between 0 & 32767
|         RESTING=$((RANDOM/60))
|         sleep ${RESTING}
|     fi
| </snippet>
|
|
| It runs fine from the console; however, when run via CRON, it outputs
this error message.
|
| Tput: No terminal type specified and no TERM environmental variable.
|
| I have Googled about, yet I cannot find an answer. Perhaps some Bash
guru can assist me.
|

jot -r 1 0 546

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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