crontab + libnotify

[fdelval]

Hello all:

i did a script called MYSCRIPT like this:

echo "hello"
/usr/bin/notify-send "hello"
echo hello > /root/msg.txt

saved it in /root directory, applied chmod +x

So, if i type in a shell: ./MYSCRIPT, it nicely show me HELLO in the shell, and HELLO in a graphical popup

ok, now i create another script MYSCRIPTcron

*/1 * * * * /root/MYSCRIPT

saved it in /root directory, applied chmod +x

now, i added it: crontab -r; crontab MYSCRIPTcron; crontab -l
and i see it in the crontab list.

Everytime i check /root, i can see the file called msg.txt, if i delete it, it appears each minute, so crontab is working

BUT I CANT GET IT TO SHOW ME ANY NOTIFICACION

i also tryed with

*/1 * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 /root/MYSCRIPT

what must i do to get a popup, or a shell message with that "hello" message?

[Cabhan]

Without checking things out too fully, the first thing that I think of is whether there could be some sort of error message.

Try changing the line to this:

*/1 * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 /root/MYSCRIPT &>> /root/MYSCRIPT_log

Now all output from the command (including any error message) will go to the given log file. Let's start by seeing if there's any sort of X error message in that file.