Re: command works interactively but not in cron?
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Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:55:41 UTC
On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 08:49:05AM -0700, paul beard wrote: > /usr/sbin/pkg query %o works fine interactively but if I use it to backup a > list of installed pkgs in crontab, it fails: > > 00 4 * * * /usr/sbin/pkg query %o > /var/backups/installed.pkgs > > Usage: pkg query <query-format> <pkg-name> > pkg query [-a] <query-format> > pkg query -F <pkg-name> <query-format> > pkg query -e <evaluation> <query-format> > pkg query [-Cgix] <query-format> <pattern> <...> > > For more information see 'pkg help query.' > > What am I missing here? > -- > Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ Escape the % 0 4 * * * /usr/sbin/pkg query \%o >/var/backups/installed.pkgs See also crontab(5) -- Andreas (Kusalananda) Kähäri SciLifeLab, NBIS, ICM Uppsala University, Sweden .