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Re: [cobalt-developers] POP3 before smtp



> > Well, you'll need to check the difference between running in a shell window and running from cron. Does your script depend on any enviroment variables? (for example PATH?)
 
> Sometimes the difference lies in running foreground or background. A
> command in perl launched with the `command` method inherits from perl the
> console. "top" will only run if the console is a terminal or terminal
> window. In this case nothing to do with env vars.

It has. Remember that your terminal settings are decided by (have you guessed it yet?) env vars! :-)


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