[ minicom-Bugs-301269 ] minicom doesn't work with crontab

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Bugs item #301269, was opened at 2005-03-17 23:50
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody (None)
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Summary: minicom doesn't work with crontab

Initial Comment:
I have a script (which calls minicom, which then calls a perl script) that works just fine running from the command line, but if I place it in the crontab it doesn't work at all. 

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Comment By: Nobody (None)
Date: 2005-07-04 02:56

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Plz Will u specify how to to completely in crontab with complete sample example.

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Comment By: Nobody (None)
Date: 2005-03-18 17:48

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WHOA!!!!!! THAT WORKED!!!!!! thank you thank you thank you... you'd be amazed how little advice there is out there on this topic.

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Comment By: Nobody (None)
Date: 2005-03-18 00:28

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You can try using 'screen' to allow minicom to run as a cron.   For example, do something like:
screen -d -m /home/userid/bin/my_minicom.sh     ...where my_minicom.sh is your script that calls minicom, with any required args, and later calls your perl script or whatever.

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