Crontab

Dryaf · 01-27-2010, 03:58 PM

Hello

I created a file which in I tried both :

Code:

MAILTO=""
* * * * * /var/www/scripts/script.php >> /dev/null

Code:

MAILTO=""
* * * * * php /var/www/scripts/script.php >> /dev/null

The user has access to the file all permissions as well as apache too. I used the command crontab to load the table but I didn't see any execution of the script. In /etc/cron.allow file I allowed myself but me only the /etc/cron.deny didn't contain anything.

I don't understand how to proceed, seems to be permissions prob I don't think or the system didn't recognize how to execute php I don't know too.

I use Debian
Thank you

bigearsbilly · 01-27-2010, 05:19 PM

well,
in cron typically you have a limited PATH
whereis php?

try the full path:

/blah/blah/blah/php /var/www/scripts/script.php >> /dev/null

jlinkels · 01-27-2010, 06:04 PM

Check if you see the job started in /var/log/syslog. It should list an error message if something is wrong.

If not, add an empty line to the end of the crontab file.

jlinkels

Dryaf · 01-27-2010, 07:11 PM

The whereis give me the path : /usr/bin/php so after updating the crontab I still have the issue, I added a void line at the end but still got it not working. In syslog file I see strange line just when I switch from php to the full path but after that all other lines didn't show any message. The message after switching is segfault at 7fdec3a29140 ... error 14 in librt-2.10.1.so

Thank you

colucix · 01-28-2010, 12:53 AM

Maybe some useful hints here: http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/runni...pts-with-cron/

A little advice: don't put MAILTO to null, at least in the testing phase. If the crontab is actually executed, any error message or any not-redirected output will be sent to the user (or to root depending on your choice) via mail. An easy and quick way to check messages while testing a new crontab entry!

Dryaf · 01-28-2010, 05:19 PM

I didn't enter any Email because I didn't setup a mail server, I am working locally. Instead I inserted an email anyway just to see if it may work but nothing.
Thank you anyway