so i have two scripts for generating shortcuts to my movies to put in one centralized folder.
i have the crontab service installed and it is running under my user name. both scripts work from the command line when run manually as me but script #2 does not. script #1 - works from the command line and in crontab: rm c:/Movies/* ln -s f:/Movies\ 2/* c:/Movies ln -s g:/Movies\ 3/* c:/Movies script #2 - works from the command line but not in crontab (this scripts creates links for movies modified less than 30 days old): rm c:/NEW\ Movies/* find f:/Movies\ 2/* -maxdepth 0 -mtime -30 -exec ln -s {} c:/NEW\ Movies \; find g:/Movies\ 3/* -maxdepth 0 -mtime -30 -exec ln -s {} c:/NEW\ Movies \; Here is the output from cron.log in my home directory Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/15 MINUTES Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/28 DAYS LATER Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/FINAL DESTINATION 2 Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/LED ZEPPELIN - THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/MUSIC AND LYRICS Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/NAPOLEON DYNAMITE Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/SCARY MOVIE Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/SPIDERMAN 2 Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/SUICIDE KINGS Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/THE GOOD SHEPHERD Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/UNCLE BUCK Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/UNDERWORLD Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/WAYNE'S WORLD Access denied - F:/MOVIES 2/WAYNE'S WORLD 2 File not found - -MAXDEPTH File not found - 0 File not found - -MTIME File not found - -30 File not found - -EXEC File not found - LN File not found - -S File not found - {} Access denied - C:/NEW MOVIES File not found - ; Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/ALIEN Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/AMERICAN PSYCHO Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/AUSTIN POWERS 2 - THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/COYOTE UGLY Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/DESPERADO Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/GHOSTBUSTERS 2 Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/GOLDENEYE Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/HELLRAISER I Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/JURASSIC PARK 3 Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/KINDERGARTEN COP Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/LIFE OF BRIAN Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/O Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/REMEMBER THE TITANS Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/SOUTH PARK - BIGGER, LONGER, AND UNCUT Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/SURVIVING CHRISTMAS Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/TERMINATOR Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/TERMINATOR 2 Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/TERMINATOR 3 - RISE OF THE MACHINES Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/THE CROW Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/THE TRUMAN SHOW Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/TRUE LIES Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/WISHMASTER 3 - BEYOND THE GATES OF HELL Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/WITHOUT A PADDLE Access denied - G:/MOVIES 3/X-MEN File not found - -MAXDEPTH File not found - 0 File not found - -MTIME File not found - -30 File not found - -EXEC File not found - LN File not found - -S File not found - {} Access denied - C:/NEW MOVIES File not found - ; FIND: Parameter format not correct FIND: Parameter format not correct Anyone have any idea why the find isn't working properly when in the crontab? I dont actually think it's a permission denied issue but something with the parsing possible (since I made sure i have full access to all the files and the script works from the command line). maybe it's something with the environment variables. thanks in advance for any ideas. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/find-command-in-script-getting-access-denied-in-my-crontab-but-works-when-I-run-it-manually-tf4471242.html#a12748796 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/