[SOLVED] cron do not sent notify

[asobczak]

I tried to find out the reason but failed.
The following line in cron table do not send notification.

00 * * * * notify-send "this is notification"

I want to have a script that send me notification at time intervals so it seams to be obvious way to do it by notify-send. But it is not working.
My configuration is in a signature.
I believe solution is simple.......

[Pilosopong Tasyo]

In lieu of

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00 * * * * notify-send "this is notification"

use

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00 * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 notify-send "this is notification"

To run a GUI application in cron, it needs to know the display number. That what DISPLAY= is for. Normally, whoever is logged in the GUI first defaults to :0.0. Another concurrent user gets assigned :1.0.

You can find out the display number via Terminal:

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echo $DISPLAY

For more information, enter the following in Terminal:

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man X

[asobczak]

@Pilosopong Tasyo
Thanks a lot. It does the job.
Well, none of "crontab explained" explain DISPLAY....