CRON error

[usblackhawk]

hi.. im typing this into my terminal for a cron job

37 9 * * 1-7 myusername /home/user/myshell

but i get this error

bash: 37: command not found

what am i doing wrong?

[Franklin52]

Use the whole path to the script since cron jobs may not provide the same working environment (path, aliases, etc.), for instance:

37 9 * * 1-7 /dir/of/the/script/myusername /home/user/myshell

Regards

[vsemaska]

Sounds like you weren't in the editor. Did you issue this command before trying to add the cron job?

crontab -e

[usblackhawk]

Sounds like you weren't in the editor. Did you issue this command before trying to add the cron job?

crontab -e

ok, so now i opened up crontab.... and i see a screen that says:

# m h  dom mon dow   command

so i add my line underneath and press enter.. nothing happens... do i need to save it or something? i have never used cron so step by step help would be great thanks!

[apoorv_khurasia]

I find the standard man pages quite informative.

man 5 crontab

Or for a web-format goto:
crontab(5)

[usblackhawk]

am i write to understand that you write the cronjob in the crontab,.

SAVE it..

then in a standard terminal run the saved cronjob?

im very confused.. i understand the syntax of cron, i just dont know how to execute or run it.

im using the crontab, i type in my command.. but then nothign happens.. so im asusming a save needs to be made and then run in terminal.. or am i wrong.. please help!

[Franklin52]

Suppose you have your script at the location /home/mydir/ with the name myscript.
Make your script is executable (chmod), type crontab -e and place the command:

15 15 * * 1-7 /home/mydir/myscript

save the crontab and wait until 15:15 pm .
That's all.

Regards

[usblackhawk]

when u say save the script... do i just save it in my home directory... say if i call it mycron

save it in: home/myuser/mycron

just like that? and wait

[usblackhawk]

Suppose you have your script at the location /home/mydir/ with the name myscript.
Make your script is executable (chmod), type crontab -e and place the command:

15 15 * * 1-7 /home/mydir/myscript

save the crontab and wait until 15:15 pm .
That's all.

Regards

ok, i done exactly this:

to test, i made it run 3 times in the space of 30min..

using crontab -e i typed:

0 13 * * 1-7 /home/user/myshell
15 13 * * 1-7 /home/user/myshell
30 13 * * 1-7 /home/user/myshell

then i saved this file in myuser directory and called it cronjob

i made sure that myshell is executable using chmod.

still nothing happens!???!?!??!

there must be something that i am missing here!

[usblackhawk]

still nothing happens!???!?!??!

Fixed!. it works now! woohoo!! thanks for all your help! finaly after 2 dyas of messing around with cron! lol.