Hi there.

I have a php script which creates a temp directory. Then makes other stuff and finally removes the temp directory.

If I run the script with user root directly in the CLI, everything works fine.
However, the cron task throws an error while trying to delete the temp directory. Crontab is owned by root, so the user launching the script should be the same.

¿Am I missing something here?

Thanks!

PS: using Gentoo

In your script, try using the full path to the problem directory, not the relative path. That's the most common reason why a script runs fine when run as root in a terminal but fails when run under cron. Make sure all references in your script to locations are using the full, absolute path.

I'll try and post the results. Thanks for the guidance!

Also, your script may be dependent on some environment variables that you use while logged in via command line.
Keep in mind that you .bashrc or any type of .profile is not run when a cron job is run. It basically has no environment.
For example is the location of a library .lib file is required, you'll have to add that environment variable to the cron job. Ditto for anything using a .so file (shared code library).
When I run something in a non-bash, non-sh command (perl, python, etc) - and it's a script/program that I don't want to mess with in its code - I may create a .sh file to call from cron which puts in all the missing environment things I want via "export" commands, and then calls the intended perl/python/etc script.
Yes, you can do all this in the cron command itself, but I really prefer clear/plain simple cron entries (pedantic, I know).