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Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:26:36 -0400
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Subject: Re: cron without sendmail generates bogus logfile names
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Linus Hicks wrote:
> The "poor man's mailer" included as part of the cron package uses the
> following construct to generate part of the filename used in making
> log file names:
> 
> DATE=$(date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')
> 
> It then generates the filename as:
> 
> FILE="/tmp/cron.$DATE.$$.log"
> 
> However, it seems to be tacking on a CR character at the end of the
> DATE portion which messes up the generated filenames. I cannot
> reproduce this behavior in sh running in an xterm window:

Try running the mailer script through 'd2u'.  If that doesn't work,
it suggests a difference in the environment for the cron service
versus your interactive shell.  Any chance you have another, Win32-
native "date" hanging around?

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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