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

Mon, 04 Jul 2005 03:08:08 +0000

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 03:08

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i have a tcl script which spawns the minicom and the tcl script is  called thru an .sh in crontab but the problem is minicom is not performining can any one plz its very much urgent

Regards 
 Sanju

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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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