Hi, crontab file should have only five time and date field, yours has 6. cron sees the last asterisk as the command to run.
HTH! Lawrence On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 15:33, jess enerio wrote: > the script itself is in full path. > 0 6 * * * * /usr/local/sbin/update.sh > > and the script only contains: > #!/bin/bash > # > /usr/sbin/up2date --nox -uv | mail -s "RHEL 3.0 up2date" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ryan Escarez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Running scripts on RHEL AS 3 > Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:22:13 +0800 > > > > > On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:53:57 -0500, jess enerio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi guys, has anyone here run a script via cron (crontab -e) on RHEL 3? > > > > > > Basically the script is just for updating. The script is working > > > fine on FC's. It has the "shabang heading" (#!/bin/bash) & has a > > > chmod 755 and I'm running at as root. > > > > > > No error on running it manually. But running via cron gets this > > > error message via email: > > > /bin/sh: line 1: Desktop: command not found > > > > > > Patulong naman po. > > > > > > jessjr > > > -- > > > > > > have you tried inserting a change directory command in your script > > pointing to the script you specify in the cron? > > > > > > -- > > Ryan Escarez > > F634 0A52 76E6 89F9 B9FD D728 278F EA37 E547 025E > > DOS: n., A small annoying boot virus that causes random spontaneous > > system crashes, usually just before saving a massive project. Easily > > cured by UNIX. See also MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS. (from David Vicker's > > .plan) > > -- > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > > . > > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > > . > > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
