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this works well also for Acquia Cloud Scheduled jobs, which are basically cron jobs. You can do the same, like: SHELL=/bin/bash && source /home/YOUR_USER_NAME/.bash_profile && sh ....

Alejandro Moreno
– Alejandro Moreno

2019-01-22 17:58:10 +00:00
Commented Jan 22, 2019 at 17:58
Does SHELL=/bin/bash apply only to the cron that immediately follows, to all those that follow, or to the whole /etc/crontab?

matteo
– matteo

2021-06-19 18:27:45 +00:00
Commented Jun 19, 2021 at 18:27
@matteo the whole crontab where that line is found. Note there are other crontabs other than /etc/crontab

Shaun
– Shaun

2024-12-20 00:55:05 +00:00
Commented Dec 20, 2024 at 0:55

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