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Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab

From Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab
Date 2026-07-12 06:46 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:57:16 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

> It needs the TERM environment variable to be defined:
>
>     env -i TERM=xterm top
>
> produces a top display.

Of course, what value such a display might have in a batch job,
remains a questionable issue ...

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Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-10 23:57 -0400
  Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-07-11 04:34 +0000
    Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-11 01:38 -0400
      Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-11 01:51 -0400
  Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2026-07-11 05:46 +0000
    Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-11 05:57 +0000
      Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-11 02:08 -0400
      Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-12 06:46 +0000
        Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-12 22:10 -0400
    Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-11 02:04 -0400
  Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-11 06:40 +0000
    Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-11 22:54 -0400
      Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-12 03:00 +0000
        Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-12 19:23 -0400
      Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-07-12 03:36 +0000
        Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-12 19:25 -0400
          Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-13 10:01 +0100
            Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-14 21:38 -0400
              Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-15 01:54 +0000
                Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-16 01:17 -0400
                Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-07-16 16:00 +0000
              Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-15 12:18 +0100
                Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-16 01:39 -0400
              Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-15 12:19 +0100
                Re: Something Odd - "top" Delivers Nada When Run By Crontab c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-16 02:24 -0400

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