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Old 12-19-2003, 01:10 AM   #1
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Unhappy crontab's not working


Ok, I have inputted cronjobs correctly but it doesn't seem to do them, what might be wrong? (first time using cron)

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* */4 * * * /home/herc/pisg-0.49/pisg >/dev/null 2>&1

* */4 * * * /home/herc/pisg3/pisg >/dev/null 2>&1

*/10 * * * * /home/herc/eggdrop/script.tcl >/dev/null 2>&1
 
Old 12-19-2003, 02:25 PM   #2
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Well you are pointing the output to /dev/null. Try putting it to a file then you may get an idea of what is wrong.
 
Old 12-19-2003, 06:43 PM   #3
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Also..If you type "mail" at a prompt in the home directory of the user whose crontab you're using you may find that cron has sent you some messages. (man mail)
 
Old 12-22-2003, 10:46 AM   #4
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Hmm, I want to run pisg once in four hours and a tcl script once every 10 min, so are these right?

* 4 * * * /dir/pisg
10 * * * * /dir/something.tcl

And is it enough to crontab file.txt which has those included?
 
Old 12-22-2003, 11:08 AM   #5
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btw, can you change the editor for crontab?
 
Old 12-31-2003, 09:01 AM   #6
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Quote:
Originally posted by herc
Hmm, I want to run pisg once in four hours and a tcl script once every 10 min, so are these right?

* 4 * * * /dir/pisg
10 * * * * /dir/something.tcl

And is it enough to crontab file.txt which has those included?
If you want to run psig every 4 hours (on the hour) then it should look like this:
0 0-23/4 * * * /dir/psig
OR:
0 0,4,8,12,16,20 * * * /dir/psig

What you have says run every minute during the 4 AM hour.

Format is:
[MIN] [HOUR] [DAY OF MONTH] [DAY OF MONTH] [DAY OF WEEK] COMMAND


Looks like you tcl is running 10 minutes after every hour of every day. Should be:
0-59/6 * * * * /dir/something.tcl
OR:
0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /dir/something.tcl

You get your crontab file by running crontab -e
That will open vi and you enter your commands, one per line. So in your case:

#Always a good idea to comment for future troubleshooting
0 0-23/4 * * * /dir/psig
#More comments...
0-59/6 * * * * /dir/something.tcl

Hope that helps!
 
Old 12-31-2003, 09:10 AM   #7
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Your first crontab seems correct.
To track down any errors remove >/dev/null 2>&1
This way you will have errors sent by mail to the user for which this crontab belong.
Check the mail and you should be a piece on the way.
 
  


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