Hi all,

I need to make cron process use csh instead of standard sh when invoking a crontab entry.

Cron process uses sh:

mxtest 7299 566 0 14:46:00 ? 0:00 sh -c $HOME/mytest.csh
mxtest 7300 7299 12 14:46:00 ? 19:28 /bin/csh -f /export/home1/mxtest/mytest.cs

I added "SHELL=/bin/csh/ in /etc/default/cron but no effect...

Thks a lot,
Marco

would it it be more natural to specify the shell interperter to INSIDE any of your csh scripts?

like so for 'mytest.sh':
#!/bin/csh
echo "here's my ${0}"

Unluckly no: in my scripts I'm already specifying what you suggest, so the executing shell is csh, but the involking shell (parent) is sh if run from crontab.

This is what I want to avoid...

sh =>
mxtest 27109 4054 0 15:26:00 ? 0:00 sh -c csh -c "$HOME/prova.csh"

csh =>
mxtest 27110 27109 0 15:26:00 ? 0:00 csh -c /export/home1/mxtest/prova.csh

csh =>
mxtest 27115 27110 4 15:26:00 ? 0:03 /bin/csh -f /export/home1/mxtest/prova.csh





Thks,
Marco

Set default shell in /etc/passwd like:

myid:x:222:66:My User Id:/home/MyHome:/bin/csh

Or, make first statement in "$HOME/prova.csh" to be: #!/bin/csh and in crontab invoke like this:

00 01 * * * /home/MyHome/prova.csh

'man crontab'

crontab man page answers my question

thks

Marco