Re: [Duplicity-talk] Duplicity (GPG) fails in crontab only

[Grant]

>> Should I be able to test that with 'env -i bash -norc'?  I've added
>> all of the variables I get from env when the command works to the 'env
>> -i bash -norc' environment but the command still doesn't work.
>> Running 'env' in the 'env -i bash -norc' environment doesn't list the
>> added variables but echo does return their values.
>>
>
> In the bash shell you need to use
>
>   export NAME=value
>
> for the values to get added to the environment.  Simply typing
>
>   NAME=value
>
> in bash creates shell variables not environment variables.
> But that is the syntax of the line you will want to add to crontab.
>
> And yes I know it is confusing having similar syntax do
> different things depending one where you are.


It looks like I needed "HOME=/root".  Thanks to everyone for their help!

- Grant