crontab-env.sh

# explicit PATH declaration per job
# works as intended

root@test1:~# crontab -l
PATH=/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/usr/ruby/2.1.2/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin:/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin:/root/bin
* * * * * env >> /tmp/e1

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
* * * * * env >> /tmp/e2

root@test1:~# cat /tmp/e1
SHELL=/bin/sh
USER=root
PATH=/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/usr/ruby/2.1.2/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin:/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin:/root/bin
PWD=/root
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHLVL=1
HOME=/root
LOGNAME=root
_=/bin/env

root@test1:~# cat /tmp/e2
SHELL=/bin/sh
USER=root
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
PWD=/root
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHLVL=1
HOME=/root
LOGNAME=root
_=/bin/env

# PATH declaration for first job but not second
# does not work: PATH is implicitly assumed for second job
root@-test1:~# crontab -l
PATH=/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/usr/ruby/2.1.2/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin:/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin:/root/bin
* * * * * env >> /tmp/e1

* * * * * env >> /tmp/e2

root@-test1:~# cat /tmp/e1
SHELL=/bin/sh
USER=root
PATH=/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/usr/ruby/2.1.2/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin:/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin:/root/bin
PWD=/root
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHLVL=1
HOME=/root
LOGNAME=root
_=/bin/env

root@-test1:~# cat /tmp/e2
SHELL=/bin/sh
USER=root
PATH=/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/opt/puppet/bin:/usr/ruby/2.1.2/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin:/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin:/root/bin
PWD=/root
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHLVL=1
HOME=/root
LOGNAME=root
_=/bin/env