Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:37:04 -0500 From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> To: Ghirai <ghirai@ghirai.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/crontab won't run my script Message-ID: <200904241537.n3OFb4YL016894@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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Usually, when cron tries to run something unsuccessfully, an error message goes to root. You might look at root's mail to see if there are any complaints regarding this script. They could be anything from path-related troubles to permissions, etc. The mail may also be going to the user defined in the /etc/crontab table who field so you might find something there. There should be some tracks unless you have piped the output to /dev/null 2>&1 which will send both standard output and standard error to the great bit bucket in the sky. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK Systems Engineer OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group
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