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Old 03-12-2013
Shell script scheduling in cronjob
Hi,

I have developed a file deletion script and scheduled it in cronjob to run daily at 5:00 AM. But the script is not running automatically any day. However when I run the script manually at any time, it runs successfully. This is how the cron looks like :

Code:
 
0 5 * * * /Interface/xworlds/FileDeletion/remove_old_files.sh 2&1>/dev/null

Could anyone please let me know if I am missing anything here.
# 2  
Old 03-12-2013
Do other cron job run?
Line looks correctly.

Try also to save error output to a file. It may be a permission problem?
# 3  
Old 03-12-2013
Did you check the system logs for cron msgs?
# 4  
Old 03-12-2013
Hi,

The other cron jobs run without any issues and there is no permission problem since I am able to run it manually and teh script is having all 777 permisions.

RudiC,

I do not have access to system logs. Any other way which can get me to the errors?
# 5  
Old 03-12-2013
Ask the admins for the system logs.

Are you sure that absolute path of your script is correct?
# 6  
Old 03-12-2013
Hi,

I got my mistake now. I had not specified the path for the input file to this script. :-)

Thanks for your help.
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