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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hello,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Could someone tell me why, if I create a crontab entry for my script (or run it manually), it will work OK... but it will not run properly if called via a symlink in /etc/cron.hourly.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I chose not to post my script so as to not cloud the issue -- I have a solution. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To rephrase, I'm asking why something running as root would behave differently than if called via a symlink in /etc/cron.whatever.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">thanks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Scott</FONT>
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