[Chicago-talk] Is it running from cron?

[brian d foy]

On 2/21/07, Jim Jacobus <JJacobus at ponyx.com> wrote:
> Is there an easy way to test if a script is running from cron? I want
> one script to output differently if it is running with a browser and
> another output when running via cron. I tried using -t to test STDIN
> and STDOUT, but that only tells me if it's running interactively or not.

I like to set a variable in my cron tab. I can then check for that in
my script if I decide that I want to act differently:

FROM_CRON=1
1 2 3 4 5 /some/command some args

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