I am very, very confused.

I have a very simple script that I want cron to run. This script takes the output of another script I created (that WILL run in cron) and outputs it to a file as well as prints the file to my local printer.

Here is the script:
I run this script from the command line and it does exactly what it is intended to do. However, the moment I put it in crontab.... nothing.

I tested my crontab entry by replacing this file with report.sh >> crontest.log and it worked flawlessly. So the cron setup is not the issue. I think it is something in my script it doesn't like. Any suggestions?

Do you know where it is getting stuck? Is it running report.sh, but not printing, or doing neither?

The script will create the file in whatever directory you're in (I believe it defaults to your home directory when running from cron). It's possible your file is not where your script is trying to print it from.

Have you tried setting your PATH variable in the script? I've found this can also often causes issues when running from cron.

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You just solved it! I changed to and now it is printing.

Changed my settings back to 30 8,13,17 * * * so I am not printing out a ream of paper every hour and looks like it is good. Thanks for the help!