[97086] in RedHat Linux List
expect script only fails in cron
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Jinks)
Sat Oct 31 16:03:54 1998
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 21:55:08 +0000
From: Michael Jinks <michael@twopoint.com>
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I'm in the midst of my first experiment with automated interactive
processes, and I've confused myself again, I think.
I have an expect script which pages me using cu. It works fine if I
call it from the command line, but when I put it in cron, root gets this
mail:
(header skipped)
spawn /bin/bash
failed to get controlling terminal using TIOCSCTTYparent sync byte
write:
broken pipe
I think there's a way to tell expect not to use a controllying tty, but
I've been through the manpage and I can't find it. Or is something else
wrong?
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Michael Jinks
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Systems Administrator, Two Point Conversions, Inc.
"Push the button." -- Pitr
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