[nycbug-talk] crontab woes

[Kevin Reiter]

N.J. Thomas wrote:
> * Kevin Reiter <tux at penguinnetwerx.net> [2005-07-19 17:17:36 -0400]:
> 
>>I even tried creating a simple script to echo the date to a file and set 
>>cron to run it every 5 minutes, waited an hour, and nothing (last 
>>night).  Again, running it manually works fine.
> 
> 
> Hmm, that indicates that cron isn't being run properly. But check your
> environment first.
> 
> Try running something like this:
> 
>     0 * * * * /usr/bin/env >> /tmp/foo 2>&1
> 
> If it does run, try testing your scripts with the same environment and
> see what breaks.
> 
> If that doesn't run, then something is definitely wrong, check your
> systems logs to see why cron is not running user cronjobs.
> 
> Thomas
> 

Setup to run in another half hour (have to leave for a bit so it should 
run while I'm gone) and I'll let you know what happens (or doesn't happen 
in this case.)

Thanks!