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Stuart Woodward
Asked: 2015-01-08 18:51:46 +0800 CST

How can I tell a script is running under cron?

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Is there a standard way to know if a shell script is running under cron as opposed to running from the command line. i.e. I'm thinking of running with more verbose output when manually kicked from the command line and enabling some features that only run when under cron.

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  1. Since posting the question I have found the same question answered on Stack Exchange:

    https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/46789/check-if-script-is-started-by-cron-rather-than-invoked-manually

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