cron did not work

tamilm · 05-01-2009, 08:07 AM

Hi all

i wrote the shell script which copy the video file into some

location.i want to run this script every one minute automatically.so i use

crontab -e

01 * * * * /root/test.sh -->path to script

which create a rootfile in the /var/spool/cron/ in the directory.then i

restarted the cron daemon.but no file in the path i have given after one

minute.can anyone help me

regards
tamil.M

cmnorton · 05-01-2009, 08:16 AM

I don't recognize -> as a legal redirector.

Also, look in your logs (/var/log) to see what cron thinks is happening.

jan61 · 05-01-2009, 10:30 AM

Moin,

Additionally to cmnorton's post: the syntax you wrote starts the script at the first minute of every hour, not every minute. Use "*" instead.

Jan

repo · 05-01-2009, 10:36 AM

post the content of
/root/test.sh

In general you need to give the whole path to all the commands you use.

forrestt · 05-01-2009, 10:36 AM

cmnorton, I don't think tamilm is using '-->' as a redirector but rather to let us know that /root/test.sh is the path to the script (of course, I could be wrong). My guess it the 01 syntax that is being used for the minute parameter as jan61 suggests.

One more note for tamilm, in the future if you want to change this to run every other minute or every five minutes, etc., you can change the line to:

*/2 * * * * /root/test.sh

or

*/5 * * * * /root/test.sh

HTH

Forrest