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How to set a cron job to run a shell script?
You should give the full path where jh directory must to be created. Also, in this path you should have permission to create new files/directories. Also /usr/bin/sh is not the right path for sh. The right path is /bin/sh. You can check this with whereis sh command. And even so, your cron job should look like:
Where does the cron daemon start a subshell?
The cron daemon starts a subshell from your HOME directory. If you schedule a command to run when you are not logged in and you want commands in your .profile file to run, the command must explicitly read your .profile file. and PATH (=/usr/bin).
Why is my PHP script not running in Cron?
The cron daemon usually executes your command in a shell where the PATH environment variable is restricted to some system default, e.g. /usr/bin:/bin. Probably, your php command is not available in /usr/bin or /bin and thus the script fails when executed via cron and runs successful when not.
How does Cron report errors to the root user?
Cron usually reports errors or job messages via a mail to the root user (i.e. when a command returns an exit status != 0 or produces output to stdout/stderr) after the job is finished. Depending on your system you have to setup local mail delivery to get these messages. Thanks for contributing an answer to Unix & Linux Stack Exchange!
Why is CRON not running my sh script?
It’s not really working, but the echo to the logfile, is being logged. So crontab should be up and running. I’ve tried the * * * * * sh pushCheck.sh too, but it doesn’t seem to work and I’m out of ideas.
When to add a new line to a cron file?
Cron requires a newline at the end of every line, so always keep a blank line at the end of the crontab file. Maybe specify the full paths in the script, and see if that works to start with. Cron jobs are run with very little context.
What is the problem with my side of cron?
The issue is when i execute this script manually it works fine, but using cron the script not works. Using cron got the mail with the output of date command only. What is wrong with my side?
How to run.sh file from command line?
How do your run.sh files from command line? You can open or run.sh file in the terminal on Linux or Unix-like system. The.sh file is nothing but the shell script to install given application or to perform other tasks under Linux and UNIX like operating systems.