I have to enter my crontabs with a dot between the days field and the script name. For example: 30 23 * * * . /u01/scripts/backup.sh >> backup.log Kelley Coleman Database Administrator VA Health Administration Center Denver, Colorado Confidentiality Note: This e-mail is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail, phone, or fax, and destroy the original message and all copies. Thank you -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Anže Vidmar Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:27 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: RE: crontab Maby a stupid question, but anyways: - did u restart the cron deamon after you made changes to the crontab? - if you look in /var/log/cron, do you evern see that cron is trying run the script? - check roots email to see if cron is reporting any errors regarding this job Anze -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Muhammad Rizwan Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:14 AM To: Vipul Ramani; General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: crontab YES On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 23:35, Vipul Ramani wrote: > Hi, > did u make executable to your shell script. ??? > Regards, > > On 5/23/05, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez <manuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > El Lunes 23 Mayo 2005 10:00, Muhammad Rizwan escribió: > > > I have my script that is running fine when i run it as: /root/shelltest. > > > But when i try to run it from crontab its not working at all. My entry > > > in crontab is: 2 * * * * /root/shelltest. > > > Any idea? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Try with this line: > > 2 * * * * root /root/shelltest > > > > > > -- > > Manuel Arostegui Ramirez #Linux Registered User 295750 > > Socio de Hispalinux 1813 > > Red Hat Linux 9, Kernel 2.6.2 ReiserFS > > Firma cifrada > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE+3O1MqfmPcHTj+twRAm > > yDAJ9P6ezepIMg06vOet/YPKxVoB+Z/ACfWVhh > > ---END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > -- > Vipul Ramani > linux2000in@xxxxxxxxx > linux2000in@xxxxxxxxx > ~~~~~We Know HOW NetWorkS ~~~~~ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
