test if script called by cron

[aurfalien]

An easy way to do this is check /var/log/cron

There are many other ways. 

- aurf

On Sep 16, 2013, at 4:26 AM, Paul Macdonald wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a simple way of testing whether a given script was called via cron,
> 
> I'd rather find a solution that would work from within the script rather than setting an environment variable in the crontab.
> 
> thanks
> Paul.
> 
> (anyone here going to EuroBSD con?)
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