Use full paths...I noticed that my cron jobs didn't always have the correct path. I modified cron to do this: * * * * * root set > /cron.env Then switched it back real quick like. vi /cron.env and see what you get...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Adkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jianping Zhu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 11:42 Subject: RE: why is wrong with this /etc/crontab > I am experiencing a similar issue. I have a crontab job setup to run a > simple script that when it is complete is supposed to append two items, > on one line, to a logfile. > > The script is simple, it is supposed to echo a line of text (using the > -n option) and also use "date" to append a time/date stamp to the file. > > When I manually run the script, it works perfectly. It does its task and > it also appends both pieces into the logfile. When ran through crontab, > only the timestamp is appended to the file. > > To me, it seems like a rather bizarre behaviour. > > Is this problem a bug in the crontab package that shipped with Red Hat > 7.2? I haven't seen anything detailing this anywhere else. > > Thanks for the help. > > Regards, > Robert Adkins II > IT Manager/Buyer > Impel Industries, Inc. > Ph. 586-254-5800 > Fx. 586-254-5804 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jianping Zhu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Robert Adkins > Subject: why is wrong with this /etc/crontab > > > > I have redhat 7.3 server the /etc/crontab is as following > .................................------------------------- > SHELL=/bin/bash > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > MAILTO=root > HOME=/ > # run-parts > 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.houily > 2 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily > 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly > 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly > 10 12 * * 1-5 root /usr/local/pubcrawler/pubcrawler #line10 > 10 12 * * * * root /home/jzhu/pl/p1.pl>/home/jzhu/o1.dat #line11 > 10 12 * * * * root echo "jzhu>/home/jzhu/jzhu.dat #line12 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Line12 works fine, line10, line11 does not work. pubcrawler , p1.pl are > script files .If > i do not use crontab. i type /usr/local/pubcrawler/pubcrawler or > /home/jzhu/pl/p1.pl>/home/jzhu/o1.dat from commnad line, both > work. how to fix the problem to let /etc/crontab work properly? > Thanks? > > > > > > -------------------------------- > Jianping Zhu > Department of Computer Science > Univerity of Georgia > Athens, GA 30602 > Tel 706 5423900 > -------------------------------- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
