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Article #248System V cron problem (with fix)
From: James Macropol
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1986 21:05
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1986 21:05
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System V r2v2 cron neglects to set up the TZ variable in the environment. As a
result, any forked program that outputs the date defaults to EST5EDT (like
cron=>uucp=>uux=>mail). Needless to say, this is a bit confusing for us
PST8PDT sites on the west coast.
The same problem existed in System V r0, and System V r2v0. The following
diffs, however, are accurate only for System Vr2v2.
Jim Macropol
Eaton IMS
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> char *getenv();
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> char tznme[50]="TZ=";
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< homedir,logname,"PATH=:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lbin","SHELL=/bin/sh",0};
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> homedir,logname,"PATH=:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lbin","SHELL=/bin/sh",tznme,0};
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> char *tzn;
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>
> if ((tzn=getenv("TZ")) == 0)
> tzn="EST5EDT";
> strcat(tznme,tzn);
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site wlbr.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!nsc!voder!wlbr!jm From: jm@wlbr.UUCP (James Macropol) Newsgroups: net.bugs.usg Subject: System V cron problem (with fix) Message-ID: <405@wlbr.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 16:05:51 EST Article-I.D.: wlbr.405 Posted: Wed Jan 8 16:05:51 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Jan-86 23:33:43 EST Organization: Eaton IMS, Westlake Village, CA Lines: 27 Keywords: cron TZ date