Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.10 $; site convexs Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!convexs!hosking From: hosking@convexs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Can't do syslog from csh script und Message-ID: <49600010@convexs> Date: Sat, 15-Feb-86 05:25:00 EST Article-I.D.: convexs.49600010 Posted: Sat Feb 15 05:25:00 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Feb-86 04:59:41 EST References: <641@well.UUCP> Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:well.UUCP:641:convexs:49600010:000:426 Nf-From: convexs.UUCP!hosking Feb 15 04:25:00 1986 The first thing I'd do would be to change "syslog" to "/etc/syslog" to make sure that your cron job can find syslog. A common problem is that cron jobs bomb because cron can run with a different $PATH than what you'd have for a login shell. This can cause some rather mysterious failures of things like "look right." Doug Hosking Convex Computer Corp. Richardson, TX {allegra, ihnp4, uiucdcs}!convex!hosking