check permissions and ownership Try whoami for the cron job and the owner/permission settings of the bash and /usr/local/bin/wallChanger directories
On Jun 1, 10:31 am, irfan <irfannase...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I wrote a script to change my wallpaper. Now i want to execute this > automatically after a short duration. So i tried using crontab . But > it doesnt works for me . > > I manually executed the script and it is working well . "crontab -l " > gives > # m h dom mon dow command > * * * * * /bin/bash /usr/local/bin/wallChanger > > And from the log viewer , i can see entries saying crontab is > executing the command . > Jun 1 14:59:01 abc-laptop CRON[2964]: (abc) CMD (/bin/bash /usr/local/ > bin/wallChanger) > > pls help me to run the script from crontab. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
