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Old 02-22-2012
Script runs manually but not correctly from crontab
Hi all

I have this inside a shell script (bash):
Code:
cd DIRECTORY
find . -maxdepth 1 | sed 's#./##' | /usr/bin/xargs -I '{}' chown -Rv '{}' /DIRECTORY/'{}'

All the directories in this location are named after usernames, so it simply sets the owner to that of the username of the folder.

It works if I run the script manually, but if it is inside a crontab it does not work.

Any ideas?

Many thanks
Last edited by Franklin52; 02-22-2012 at 06:03 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
# 2  
Old 02-22-2012
Have you given the complete path of script instead of just script name in the crontab..? Something like..
Code:
0 */2 * * *  /full/path/to/test.sh

# 3  
Old 02-22-2012
Thanks for the reply.

Here it is:
Code:
*/1		*	*	*	*	root	/usr/local/bin/script

It does run fine because when I redirect the output to a text file like:
Code:
find . -maxdepth 1 | sed 's#./##' | /usr/bin/xargs -I '{}' echo chown -Rv '{}' /DIRECTORY/'{}' > /test.txt

(Note the echo), it populates the text file with all the correct commands.
Last edited by Franklin52; 02-22-2012 at 06:03 AM.. Reason: Code tags
# 4  
Old 02-22-2012
Don't you miss a dollar sign ?

Code:
cd $DIRECTORY

and did you previously set this variable into your script ?
# 5  
Old 02-22-2012
Apologies I did not paste my code very clearly. That is not a variable, but just a path.

I just found the problem - I did not specify the full paths for all the commands in my script.

Here is the entire working script:

Code:
cd /directory
/usr/bin/find . -maxdepth 1 | /usr/bin/sed 's#./##' | /usr/bin/xargs -I '{}' /usr/sbin/chown -Rv '{}' /directory/'{}'

# 6  
Old 02-22-2012
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Last edited by ctsgnb; 02-22-2012 at 05:09 AM.. Reason: user meanwhile fixed it on his own
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