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> Matthew Benjamin said:
> > Can someone tell me how to create a system variable. For instance I
> > would like to create a variable called http_proxy that will be
> > available for a cronjob. This requires the variable to be available to
>
> > the process when no one is logged in. Export does not work because it
> > disappears when you log off. editing the /etc/profile file to include
> > this does not work because the variable is created as an environment
> > variable and only exits while you're logged on. That's my dilemma.
> > Please help.
Is the value static? if so, just define the variable in the crontab
file. And you can change to shell used by the crontab file - it it
makes things easier. I believe the default shell is /bin/sh - which
should source ~/.bashrc - when starting up any cronjobs.
For eg:
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ARG = arg1 arg2 arg2
SHELL = /bin/tcsh
ENV_VARIABLE_USED_BY_MY_SCRIPT = val
1 0 * * * /home/foobar/script ${ARG}
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Satish
