Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:13:28 +0100 From: Rolf Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> To: Jeronimo Calvo <jeronimocalvop@googlemail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Crontab not working logwatch.pl [FreeBSD 8 stable] Message-ID: <4B4E3778.1080609@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: <beaf3aa51001131304w619e56c6y3745c1816752f64c@mail.gmail.com> References: <beaf3aa51001131243u44e86685g1abc4bb367dad93e@mail.gmail.com> <4B4E329D.4090806@lazlarlyricon.com> <beaf3aa51001131304w619e56c6y3745c1816752f64c@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2010-01-13 22:04, Jeronimo Calvo wrote: > did a crontab -r, a a new crontab -e, using: > > * * * * * $HOME/.profile ; /bin/bash /var/log/auto_auth.sh > * * * * * $HOME/.profile ; /usr/bin/perl /local/sbin/logwatch.pl > > tailing the /var/log/cron I can see that is being executed every > minute... but no emails arrived with is the proof that the script has > worked. > > > > 2010/1/13 Rolf Nielsen<listreader@lazlarlyricon.com>: >> On 2010-01-13 21:43, Jeronimo Calvo wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> Im having probs when a root crontab located on /var/cron/tabs/root >>> >>> with this content >>> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. >>> # (/tmp/crontab.DUtgfVoBT0 installed on Wed Jan 13 20:08:29 2010) >>> # (Cron version -- $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.c,v >>> 1.31.2.1 2009/08/03 08:13:06 kensmith Exp $) >>> * * * * * ~/.profile ; /bin/bash /var/log/auto_auth.sh >>> * * * * * ~/.profile ; /usr/bin/perl /local/sbin/logwatch.pl >>> >>> both of them are sending logs to my email, when runned from the >>> command line works, but not from crontab >>> any ideas? >>> >> >> The keywords here are >> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. >> >> Either edit the system crontab, /etc/crontab, or, to edit root's crontab, >> run crontab -e as root. >> > > > Please don't top post. Firstly, don't rely on environment variables being set correctly when running from cron. If you really want to use root's crontab, substitute /root for $HOME. Secondly, bash should be in /usr/local/bin, not in /bin. And it's a third party shell not included by the system. It has to be installed from ports. You should use /bin/sh instead. Thirdly, instead of putting the interpreter path on the command line, put it on the first line of your scripts, i.e. #!/bin/sh in the first one and #!/usr/bin/perl in the second one.
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