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Subject: Re: [kdepim-users] Re: kmail command line options
From: Jan de Visser <jdevisser () digitalfairway ! com>
Date: 2004-07-17 1:49:01
Message-ID: 200407162149.01978.jdevisser () digitalfairway ! com
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On July 16, 2004 09:34 pm, Stuart Miller wrote:
> Looks like there is a small problem still
>
> the shell script has four lines
>
> cd /home/web
> perl report.pl
> kmail -s testing -msg mailtome.txt stuart_miller@shaw.ca
> dcop kmail kmail-composer#1 activateAction send_alternative
>
> when I click on the script in a window, it works properly
> when I call the script from a konsole session, it works fine
> when I call the script from a crontab entry, only the first line executes,
> to update the report.
>
> I had other cron jobs working, but they all ran as root with su web
> as the first line.
> This is my first attempt at automated mailings
> I put the username web in the 'allow' file, and that must be ok because I
> get the first line performed.
>
> /var/log/cron/info shows the job has run. errors and warnings are empty
>
> I tried the full path names /usr/bin/kmail and /use/bin/dcop but
> this did not help
When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Or: wrong tool for the
job.
When running in cron, you don't have an X session available. KMail wants that.
I would suggest looking into the 'mail' command. man mail. Real easy and
probably does what you want.
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Stuart
Hope this helps,
JdV!!
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