Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:30:59 +0000 From: jdyke <jdyke@azimainc.com> To: webmaster@freshtraxxx.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help running shell script from cron Message-ID: <43218E93.9060409@azimainc.com> In-Reply-To: <432186BD.1030702@freshtraxxx.com> References: <432186BD.1030702@freshtraxxx.com>
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there is a possibility that the 'not found' is coming from your call to php and
not that it can't find test.sh
either comment out that php line, or use
/full/path/to/php /home/a_user/cron/test.php
HTH
Jeff
Sandy Knight wrote:
> I am having trouble configuring my shell scripts to run under cron (user
> level, not root). I have set up a test.sh script which sends me an
> email, it works fine from the command line (ssh). the script is as follows:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> echo "helloworld" | mail -s "helloworld" user@domain.com
> php /home/a_user/cron/test.php
>
>
> As you can see I am also trying to get a php script to run (this is my
> ultimate aim).
>
> My crontab is as follows:
>
> # /home/a_user
> #
> SHELL=/bin/sh
> PATH=/home/a_user/cron
> HOME=/home/a_user
> #
> #
> #minute hour mday month wday command
> #
> #
> */5 * * * * /home/a_user/cron/test.sh
>
>
> I have done the following:
>
> $ pwd
>
> /home/a_user
>
> $ crontab cron/myCronTab
>
> $ crontab -l
>
> {output - see above}
>
>
> Crontab is trying to run my script as I receive an email every 5 minutes
> saying:
>
> /home/a_user/cron/test.sh: not found
>
>
> The permissions for the scripts are:
>
> $ ls -lt cron/
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 a_user vusers 322 Sep 9 12:27 myCronTab
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 a_user vusers 107 Sep 9 12:16 test.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 a_user vusers 99 Sep 4 17:58 test.php
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Sandy
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