[SOLVED] crontab

amartlk · 04-16-2013, 03:04 AM

Hi

i have centos 5.3 installed and make one script and want this script is scheduled at crontab script is as follows
#!/bin/bash
cp /safe/test /etc/
service squid restart

i schedule crontab but when crontab is run at schedule time then only first command of script i.e cp /safe/test /etc/ is run but the second command service squid restart not run

i also tried /etc/init.d/squid restart instead of service squid restart but it also not run

PierreB. · 04-16-2013, 05:33 AM

Hi amartlk,

The first thing you might want to check (if not already done) is to restart the service manually, outside of any script or cronjob.

You could also check the cron log

Code:

/var/log/cron

to check what's going on.

You can try to run the script manually with the bash debug flag

Code:

bash -x /path_to_your/script.bash

to checkif it runs as expected.

Let us know what are the results for those 3 steps.

amartlk · 04-16-2013, 06:23 AM

Hi

i solved myself i user /etc/init.d/squid restart it works

PierreB. · 04-16-2013, 06:25 AM

Glad you solved it. What was the problem by the way ?