I was hoping that the script would be executed every 5 minutes, the file /usr/test/me would be timestamped with the last touch and the last touch would be logged in /usr/test/mytestlog.
What I am finding, every 5 minutes the mytestlog has been created, (timestamped when the cron last fired.) but the /usr/test/me file hasn't been timestamped and the log file is empty.
To me, it looks like the cron is firing, but the script hasn't executed. It executes manually but not from the cron. The script was created by root, the cron was created by root, its displayed in the cron when I type
Code:
crontab -l
and it looks like it has fired without error in the /var/cron/log file.
Can anyone shed any light on how I can track down this problem.
Thanks in advance.
Added: Its on a sun box.
Last edited by Beefy; 03-13-2008 at 12:58 PM..
Reason: More information
Just tested since I couldnt see what was wrong...
I created a /sm/test dir...(chmod 777...)
And well in my context it works...
ant:/sm/test $ date
Thu Mar 13 18:20:33 MET 2008
ant:/sm/test $ ll
total 2
-rw-rw-rw- 1 vbe bin 0 Mar 13 18:20 me
-rwxrwxr-x 1 vbe bin 35 Mar 13 18:14 my_test
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Mar 13 18:20 mytest.log
ant:/sm/test $ date
Thu Mar 13 18:21:32 MET 2008
ant:/sm/test $ ll
total 2
-rw-rw-rw- 1 vbe bin 0 Mar 13 18:22 me
-rwxrwxr-x 1 vbe bin 35 Mar 13 18:14 my_test
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Mar 13 18:22 mytest.log
ant:/sm/test $ ll
total 2
-rw-rw-rw- 1 vbe bin 0 Mar 13 18:22 me
-rwxrwxr-x 1 vbe bin 35 Mar 13 18:14 my_test
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Mar 13 18:22 mytest.log
ant:/sm/test $
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