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Reputation: 1471

Cron job doesn't run (Perl & Centos)

In my /etc/crontab file I write:

* * * * * PLACK_ENV=development -I /home/adrian/app/lib/ /home/adrian/app/script/db/log_to_db.pl

To make a cron job run every minute. The job is running the log_to_db.pl perl script, which inserts data to my database.

When I run in my terminal PLACK_ENV=development -I /home/adrian/app/lib/ /home/adrian/app/script/db/log_to_db.pl It's OK! The script runs.

But the cron job isn't working! What can be wrong?

PD: My script starts like

    #!/usr/bin perl 
    ....

My cron log prints:

Jul  8 20:29:01 dev0001 crond[1829]: (*system*) RELOAD (/etc/crontab)
Jul  8 20:29:01 dev0001 crond[1829]: (CRON) bad username (/etc/crontab)
Jul  8 20:30:01 dev0001 crond[1829]: (*system*) RELOAD (/etc/crontab)
Jul  8 20:30:01 dev0001 crond[1829]: (CRON) bad username (/etc/crontab)
Jul  8 20:30:01 dev0001 CROND[13504]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib64/sa/sa1 -S DISK 1 1)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3959

Answers (2)

Doon
Doon

Reputation: 20232

You need a username when putting it in the system crontab

* * * * * adrian PLACK_ENV=development -I /home/adrian/app/lib/ /home/adrian/app/script/db/log_to_db.pl

But as @jithin said, putting this in your user crontab (crontab -e) might make more sense.

Upvotes: 4

Jithin
Jithin

Reputation: 2604

Don't edit the crontab file directly. Instead use crontab -e and add the cron entry.

With reference to the link

Upvotes: 2

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