Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:30:20 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Halid Faith <maslak@ihlas.net.tr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I could not run this script in /etc/crontab Message-ID: <20060301083019.GB8108@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <0a3801c63d08$64a00840$dc96eed5@ihlasnetym> References: <009701c63ca3$c982b4c0$dc96eed5@ihlasnetym> <6.0.0.22.2.20060228143017.02654958@mail.computinginnovations.com> <0a3801c63d08$64a00840$dc96eed5@ihlasnetym>
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On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 10:16:07AM +0200, Halid Faith wrote:
> My pathname is correct. I already checked it.
> Also I can run manually while I am a root user.
root' PATH is nothing like cron's PATH. Did you set the path
explicity in your script?
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek Ragona" <derek@computinginnovations.com>
> To: "Halid Faith" <maslak@ihlas.net.tr>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:31 PM
> Subject: Re: I could not run this script in /etc/crontab
>
>
> > Check your script for and use full pathnames for commands, cron doesn't
> > guarantee you will have a path or any environment variables you don't set
> > in your script.
> >
> > -Derek
> >
> >
> > At 02:15 PM 2/28/2006, Halid Faith wrote:
> > >Hello
> > >
> > >I have a script.
> > >I can run it without a problem as root manually.
> > >But I have a problem
> > >I could not run this script in /etc/crontab as below;
> > >
> > >*/1 * * * * root /root/thescript
> > >
> > >What should I do ?
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