[CS-FSLUG] How to run a cron script?

[Jerry VanBrimmer]

On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 08:45:21AM -0500, Frank Bax wrote:
> At 02:54 AM 12/31/04, Jerry VanBrimmer wrote:
> 
> >I have this script, called rsync_demo, that I have put in ~/bin. I created
> >this script to download updates from a Slackware mirror and put them in
> >a folder on my machine. If I run the script manually from a terminal like 
> >this:
> >
> >$ /home/jerry/bin/./rsync_demo.sh
> >
> >it works just fine and does exactly what I want.
> >
> >Trouble is, I can't get cron to run the script from my crontab.
> 
> 
> For myself, the most common cause for this is that path is not the same in 
> crontab as it is in a terminal session.  Try adding PATH= to the crontab, 
> or specify full path to commands used inside your script.

I have added the path to ~/bin to "jerry"'s PATH. So I don't think
that's it. But, I'll try it anyway.

> 
> Are you sure the problem is that the script does not run in cron, or is the 
> problem that log file is not changed?  Does 'jerry' has rights to write to 
> /var/log/messages ? 

Yes, I'm sure cron isn't running the script. Because I watch for it in
KDE System Guard. When I run it by hand it shows up in the list of
processes. When I wait for cron to run it, it never shows up.

You are right about one thing. User jerry does not have write perms on
/var/log/messages. Would it be okay to allow that, or should I direct
that output to another log, say to ~/rsync_log ?


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