Cron issue

[Duffs]

Hi,

I am experiencing unusual cron behaviour where my script is scheduled to run every 15 minutes but doesn't run. However when I run this script manually it works fine, therefore the cron simply isn't picking up/runninng my script. All other cron jobs are running fine.

There are no entries in the cron log either.

Below is an example of my cron log entry:

01,16,31,46 * * * * /u2/wwcus/scripts/ftp-to-edi.pl

Rgds,
Dermot

[MarkSyder]

Two possible answers that spring to mind:

1. Is there a command in the script that requires you to be in a particular directory? Make sure you use complete paths.

2. Does the script depend on a user's .profile having been run? Cron doesn't work this way.

Have you checked /var/adm/cron/log to see if it is trying to run the program?

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Henk Geurts]

hi Dermot
you might use
01,16,31,46 * * * * /u2/wwcus/scripts/ftp-to-edi.pl > /place/to/log/ftp.log 2>&1
to check if anything is logged then...
hope it helps
regards

[Eric Antunes · Accepted solution]

Hi Dermot,

Did you changed server time backward? If you did so (you should have ended cron deamon before), restart cron deamon.

Best Regards,

Eric Antunes

[Duffs]

Thanks lads,

Problem resolved.

I re-entered the entry into the cron and stopped and started the cron and everything now seems to be working fine.

Kind Rgds,
Dermot

[Duffs]

Issued Resolved.