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#1 2005-05-26 14:09:53

mmgm
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Goddamn cron!

I wrote a little script that reads the NForce RSS feed and notifies me with a little dialog box when they include the string "GTA" (cos I just can't wait).
On its own the script works perfectly fine and I've created a symlink under /usr/bin so that `search-nforce` runs my script.
However, I just can't get it to run as a cronjob.

[omri@Dean ~]$ crontab -l
*/5 * * * * "search-nforce nforce"

The additional parameter I pass to my script tells it to look for "nforce", instead of the default "GTA" inside the RSS feed, so that it's bound to succeed. I've also set it to run every 5 minutes for now (or so I've tried) so I can see if it works without waiting too long.
It just doesn't seem to do anything.

Please help!

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#2 2005-05-26 14:12:54

FUBAR
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Re: Goddamn cron!

Did you try with

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/search-nforce nforce

? I noticed cron doesn't like relative filenames. If your script contains commands, make sure the full path is included aswell.


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#3 2005-05-26 14:24:25

mmgm
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Re: Goddamn cron!

FUBAR wrote:

Did you try with

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/search-nforce nforce

? I noticed cron doesn't like relative filenames. If your script contains commands, make sure the full path is included aswell.

Still isn't working.
sad

Edit: Apparently I have a syntax error;

[omri@Dean ~]$ crontab -l
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/search-nforce nforce >>/home/omri/cron/log 2>&1
[omri@Dean ~]$ cat /home/omri/cron/log
Syntax error

I'm completely lost here, what the hell am I doing wrong?

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#4 2005-05-26 16:11:49

Kern
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Registered: 2005-02-09
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Re: Goddamn cron!

first have you got crond running ? ps ax |grep cron or check
/etc/rc.conf DAEMONS line

second, how have you edited the crontab file ? crontab -e or manually.

also, have you tried running the script by placing it in the cron hourly dir, and modifying the cron hourly line to run every 5 mins

*/5 * * * *  /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly

also check

less /var/spool/cron/omri   or whatever users name is. see if its scheduled.

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#5 2005-05-26 17:28:27

T-Dawg
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Registered: 2005-01-29
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Re: Goddamn cron!

I had a problem running cronjobs as user too. The only way I was able to solve it was to restart the daemon (/etc/rc.d/cron restart) once my user was logged in. I don't know if it will work for you but,  maybe its worth trying.

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#6 2005-05-26 18:48:43

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Re: Goddamn cron!

weird. I have had no problems running cron as a user...


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