Cron and Crouton (Chromebox)

Question

I can't get cron jobs to run properly on my ASUS Chromebox, which is running Crouton. I have followed these instructions.

• I've edited /etc/rc.local
• I've added the cron job to /etc/crontab
• When I run crontab -l as root, I see the cron job
• The script works when I run it from the terminal

The cron job is this: 30 2 * * * /home/name/daily.py

Answer 1

Can't be certain with the info provided, but this could be as simple as the PATH not being set correctly for cron. Keep in mind, cron doesn't source dotfiles like .bashrc, so it won't have all the settings that your shell has. Just set the PATH in /etc/crontab before defining the individual cronjob.