CRON job not running...

[SuaveRick]

Hello, I have a job that I want to run using the CRON. I want it to run every 15 minutes but it appears that it is not running when it should. I just used the crontab -e and added it... the path and everything is fine so maybe one of you can pick something up:

15,30,45,59 * * * * . /unix_scripts/space_check/space.sh

Thanks!!!

 

[PHV]

Why using the dot operator ?
Have you tried to add I/O redirection (> and 2>) ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[SuaveRick]

It turns out that the script is running but the output files that should be there are not. Would they be stored somewhere else when this job runs?

 

[KenCunningham]

If you don't redirect them as PHV suggests, or write a log somewhere in the script, they are sent to standard output/standard error, usually the scrteen. As cron doesn't have a 'screen' they'll disappear. Do you receive any email to the effect that the job has run?

 

[SuaveRick]

I don't get any e-mails no. If I use the redirection it's just:

59,15,30,45 * * * * /blah/blah/blah/script.sh > /blah/blah/scriptout.log

Would that be all you have to do?

 

[KenCunningham]

Better might be:

59,15,30,45 * * * * /blah/blah/blah/script.sh > /blah/blah/scriptout.log 2>&1

which will send all logging (inc errors) to scriptout.log.

HTH.

 

[SuaveRick]

Great! I'm going to do that right now. Thanks!

 

[KenCunningham]

No probs. Incidentally, why 59 and not 00 in your timings?

 

[SuaveRick]

When I was having problems I wans't sure if I could use 0 or oo so I just used 59 to be safe, now I know I can use 00 and have since changed it.

Thanks for the tip!