looks like it's related to the environmment variables. thanks for the advise. Will look into howto set the env vars. On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11Mar2011 11:53, Gregory Machin <gdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | I have a script that needs to run from a cron job. I added the script > | as explained, in the deployment instructions. > | > | crontab -e (root) looks as follows > | > | * * * * * /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ZabbixApacheUpdater.py -c server1 > | -z 10.24.0.231 > /dev/null 2>&1 > > Throwing away all the output is a good way to never find out what is > wrong. Try replacing: > > > /dev/null 2>&1 > > with: > > >> my-script.output 2>&1 > > and looking at that file. > > [...] > | But it's not doing anything. > > It is probably failing very early. > > | When I run the same syntax command from the command line it runs > | correctly every time. > | I have tried changing the fill permissions and the syntax of the cron > | entries but nothing works. > | Any ideas what I have missed ? > > Crons environment is very spartan. Your .[bash_]profile etc have not run > and so on. Probably an environment variable is missing or too small. > > By capturing the output in a file as described you should learn more. > > Cheers, > -- > Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 > http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ > > There are only two types of ships in the NAVY; SUBMARINES and TARGETS !!! > - Richard Pierson > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
