Run script from cron - problem
 

Hii
Im having some difficulties with running a shell script from cron which I am unable to resolve for almost 2 days now.

For testing purposes, im trying this with simple shell script test.sh with chmod 777
------ test.sh ------
#!/bin/sh
#
echo asdasdasd
------

This script is located at /var
When I type /var/test.sh it runs perfectly and prints asdasdasd
When I type /var/test.sh > /home/log it writes asdasdasd to /home/log - works

The problem occurs whenever I add it as a cron job to var/spool/cron/crontab/root

there is: 11 10 * * * /var/test.sh > /home/log - however, at 10:11 there is no file at /home/log

Cron as a service works, forexample, every day at 4 am it makes this backup
sshpass -p xxxx rsync -avz -e ssh root@x.x.10.7:/data/backup/ /home/backups/isp_admin


However,
13 00 * * * cd /home mkdir asdasd
doesnt makes the folder

Where is the catch?
Thanksssss

Hi and welcome to LinuxQuestions! :)

The syntax is correct and indeed it should work, provided the crontab's owner has permissions to write in /home. You can check three things:

1. see if the cron log actually reports the execution of your job. Usually it is /var/log/cron and you should see an entry like this:
2. since you redirect only the standard output to /home/log, the standard error (if any) would be sent to the crontab's owner mailbox. You can check it from a terminal with the mail command.

3. see if the crontab's owner has permissions to run cron jobs. You can check the /etc/cron.deny and /etc/cron.allow files.

In any case, who is the crontab's owner? A regular user or root? And how did you edit the crontab (using the command crontab -e or something else)?

Edit: please note that the mkdir entry is wrong instead. It should be something like:
or mkdir /home/asdasd.

thanks for ur amazing reply!
the problem was that I used winscp and editted var spool cron crontab root file, instead of crontab -e