On Monday 11 October 2010 22:28:06 Vic wrote: > > (like the file I wanted crontab to run only needed the file name not the > > .sh on the end of it) > > That *is* the filename. > > foo.sh is the name of a file. foo is the name of another file. These are > not the same file. > > If you tell the OS to execute a file called foo.sh, then foo.sh is the > name of the file it will execute. It will not attempt to execute foo, > because that is not the file you told it to run... > > This was the main problem I saw with your cron scripts - you were telling > it to execute a file that did not exist. > > HTH > > Vic. > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > --------------------------------------------------------------
OK, when I posted the request for help I tried both file.sh and file in crontab and neither of them worked. After adding the folder that holds the "file" to $PATH and then changing crontab to run from /folder/file.sh it would not run But when I changed it to /folder/file it ran? I understood the part about the file did not exist, my problem was finding out why it thought it did not exist Tim -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
