On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 21:24 -0600, Thomas Cameron wrote: > On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 22:09 +0100, Giuseppe Greco wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've written the following script (named checkconn) > > to be executed every 5 minutes by crond: > > > > > > #! /bin/sh > > > > ping -c 1 -W 3 www.dyndns.org > /dev/null > > > > if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then > > `/sbin/adsl-stop` > > `/sbin/adsl-start` > > fi > > > > ... and here is the result of crontab -l: > > > > 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /root/cron/checkconn > > 5,15,25,35,45,55 * * * * /root/cron/checkconn > > > > > > Well, if I execute checkconn from the command line, > > it works as expected, while when checkconn is invoked > > by crond, it doesn't work... > > > > Any idea? > > j3d. > > The first line of the script looks like there is an error. It should > be: > > #!/bin/sh > > and not > > #! /bin/sh > > Also, you can make your crontab entry look like this: > > */5 * * * * /root/cron/checkconn > > This will run the script every 5 minutes. > > Is /root/cron/checkconn executable? Yes. j3d. > > Thomas > -- ---------------------------------------- Giuseppe Greco ::agamura:: phone: +41 (0)91 604 67 65 mobile: +41 (0)79 602 99 27 email: giuseppe.greco@xxxxxxxxxxx web: www.agamura.com ----------------------------------------
