Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:28:31 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Supote Leelasuppakorn <pjn0211@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shell script in crontab cannot write files into FreeBSD's filesystem. Message-ID: <20071205092831.a7ea7907.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY102-W3337CB4EF28B22D42A9745B96E0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY102-W3337CB4EF28B22D42A9745B96E0@phx.gbl>
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In response to Supote Leelasuppakorn <pjn0211@hotmail.com>:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Please anybody help me, I faced the problem with my "crontab". I
> tried to run a shell script which will fetch webpage and save it toa
> directory by using wget but after few minute I cannot see any filein
> such directory
>
> Below are content of shell script, my crontab and also
> file's permission listing.
Format your emails so they're actually readable.
> ###################
> # The output of `crontab -l`###################
>
> SHELL=/bin/sh
> MAILTO=pjn
> * * * * * . /home/pjn/parseGP/fetchPage.sh
^^^^
What is the . doing there? Are you watching /var/log/cron.log for
errors, as I expect you'll see some.
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Bill Moran
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