On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:16:18 -0500, Chris wrote: > On 6/13/2012 6:23 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:21:31 -0500, Dan Lists wrote: >> >>> The syntax of his crontab file is correct. Vixie cron does care about >>> leading spaces, tabs, extra spaces, or leading zeros. Earlier >>> versions of cron are much pickier about the crontab file. The cron >>> logs show that it is starting his jobs at the correct times. >>> >>> It is far more likely that there is a problem with the scripts. A >>> very common cause of problems with scripts run from cron is that they >>> do not inherit your environment. Do the scripts run from the command >>> line? If the do, then the problem is most likely something in your >>> environment that the scripts need. >> >> I'm a complete idiot, and I feel embarrassed. Everything was fine, >> except that I had missed out '/bin' in the paths of the jobs. >> >> I had: >> /home/walterh/exports.sh /home/walterh/backup_etc.sh >> /home/walterh/systemcheck.sh /home/walterh/backup_bsd.sh >> >> which should of course have been: >> /home/walterh/bin/exports.sh /home/walterh/bin/backup_etc.sh >> /home/walterh/bin/systemcheck.sh /home/walterh/bin/backup_bsd.sh >> >> What a stupid mistake! Thanks for all the replies, but I must say sorry >> for wasting your time. Sorry! >> >> WH > > ... Damned those full path names.
Actually, given that PATH i specified in the crontab, I don't think the full pathnames are needed. I'll try that next. When I finally have this cracked, I can add the rest of the cron jobs. $ crontab -l SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/home/ walterh/bin HOME=/home/walterh PGHOST=jupiter #min hr dom month dow command 00 02 * * * /home/walterh/bin/exports.sh 05 02 * * * /home/walterh/bin/backup_etc.sh 10 02 * * * /home/walterh/bin/systemcheck.sh 15 02 * * * /home/walterh/bin/backup_bsd.sh $ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
