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Old 12-15-2009
Error crontab does not run "root" job
hi,
I've read different posts regarding crontab but none helped out...the shell scrip that I want to run through crontab gets run through crontab when I use the following crontab statement:
13 17 * * * /usr/net/gcc/DBdrop.sh > /usr/net/gcc/DBdrop.log 2>&1

but it does not run when I scheduel the job as follows:
13 17 * * * /usr/net/gcc/DBdrop.sh

why...?

DBdrop.sh is a Bteq(databases) script...
I log in with root even...

thanx
# 2  
Old 12-15-2009
What user owns the crontab?
# 3  
Old 12-15-2009
hello ,
the cron job doesnt print to the stdout aka your terminal in this case . but rather it stores the output in some file(log file) or your mail.
In the first case you are redirecting the stdout to a log file. So the outputs are found in log file.
In the other case you can check the mail. You would definitely find that the cron job has provided the output there.
just type
Code:
mail

and you would observer the mails in your inbox by the cron daemon.
Hope this helps
Regards.
 
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