Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:47:06 -0500 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie question: Why aren't my cron jobs running? Message-ID: <4FD6ADAA.1020402@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <jr69bd$gum$3@dough.gmane.org> References: <jr683k$gum$1@dough.gmane.org> <CAHu1Y70YJ6voMx2YPfPoxBVhQ5Pje4h%2BfanpLkCKz-CGBMW78w@mail.gmail.com> <jr69bd$gum$3@dough.gmane.org>
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On 6/11/2012 9:25 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:10:21 -0700, Michael Sierchio wrote: > >> Have you installed bash? It's not in the system base. >> >> What's in your shell scripts? > > Thanks for the quick response. > > $ pkg_info|grep bash > > bash-4.2.28 The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell > > $ which bash > > /bin/bash > > $ > > $ less $HOME/bin/exports.sh > > #!/bin/bash > > LOG=$HOME/log/exports.log > > logger -t walterh-cronjob Exports started > > echo Exports started at `date` > $LOG > > rm $HOME/postgresql/* > > psql packages -f $HOME/sql/exports.sql > > cd $HOME/postgresql > > tar cfz postgresql.tgz * > > rm *csv > > echo Exports finished at `date` >> $LOG > > logger -t walterh-cronjob Exports finished > > /home/walterh/bin/exports.sh (END) > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > I tend to use full path names in my shell scripts. So for shits n giggles, try that. Instead of tar cfz postgresql.tgz * Try /bin/tar cfz postgresql.tgz * etc, etc, etc Use the paths for all commands such as rm, psql, logger etc. -- Keep well, Chris <><
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