Strange Crontab problem(!?)
 

Hi all, I use a Red Hat 3.4.6-8 and this is what I obtain after crontab -l as root :

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/

# run-parts
# minuts (0-59),
# | hores (0-23),
# | | dia del mes (1-31),
# | | | mes de l'any (1-12),
# | | | | dia de la setmana (0-7 with 0=Sunday).
# | | | | | comanaments
# | | | | | |

01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
15 10 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
50 10 * * 1-5 root /usr/bin/backup-af5.sh <----
25 4 * * 1-5 root /usr/bin/backup-barma.sh <----
00 18 * * * root /root/comprobar-espacio-ocupado.sh

Now, I edit (crontab -e) the minute when /usr/bin/backup-af5.sh will run. I set it at 10:30

both scripts, (with arrows) exist and have all permissions, the path, as you can see, is included, and here is where the strange behaviour takes place:

[root@asterisk]# tail -f /var/log/cron

Nov 19 10:28:44 asterisk crontab[6996]: (root) REPLACE (root)
Nov 19 10:28:44 asterisk crontab[6996]: (root) END EDIT (root)
Nov 19 10:29:01 asterisk crond[3300]: (root) RELOAD (cron/root)
Nov 19 10:30:01 asterisk crond[7002]: (root) CMD (root /usr/bin/backup-af5.sh)

but
[root@asterisk]# ps -ef | grep af5

shows nothing!, so, how can cron be conscious that it has to run /usr/bin/backup-af5.sh and not to run it??.

ps shows active processes. If the script tried to run, but failed, it would not be active and would not show. Try (as root) 'cat /var/log/messages | grep afs' to see if there are any errors reported.

make script produce output?
 

adjust your .sh script so it produces output. That should go via email to root when it completes. Just add "-x" to the #! line at the top.
-c