I could not run this script in /etc/crontab

[Frank Laszlo]

Halid Faith wrote:
> My pathname is correct. I already checked it.
> Also I can run manually while I am a root user.
>   
I dont think you fully understand. Be sure to use FULL pathnames in
programs within the script you are trying to run. when you run the
script within an interactive shell, the PATH is not the same as if it
were ran via cron. Hope this helps.

-Frank

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Derek Ragona" <derek at computinginnovations.com>
> To: "Halid Faith" <maslak at ihlas.net.tr>; <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:31 PM
> Subject: Re: I could not run this script in /etc/crontab
>
>
>   
>> Check your script for and use full pathnames for commands, cron doesn't
>> guarantee you will have a path or any environment variables you don't set
>> in your script.
>>
>>          -Derek
>>
>>
>> At 02:15 PM 2/28/2006, Halid Faith wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I have a script.
>>> I can run it without a problem as root manually.
>>> But I have a problem
>>> I could not run this script in /etc/crontab as below;
>>>
>>> */1     *       *       *       *       root    /root/thescript
>>>
>>> What should I do ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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