Find the path of a shell command [POSTPONED]

[Dan Stromberg]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 9:57 PM Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au> wrote:

> On 13Oct2022 03:25, Paulo da Silva <p_d_a_s_i_l_v_a_ns at nonetnoaddress.pt>
> wrote:
> >There is another problem involved. The script, works fine except when
> >launched by cron! Why?
>
> Record the script output:
>
>      # record all output
>      exec >/tmp/script.$$.out 2>&1
>      # dump the envionment
>      env | sort
>      # turn on execution tracing
>      set -x
>      ... rest of the script
>
> and have a look afterwards. Cron's environment is very minimal. This
> will show you what's in it.
>

Careful.  On some systems if someone restarts the cron daemon, it could
pick up a larger environment than after being started on boot.