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WhiteTiger
WhiteTiger

Reputation: 776

cron problems running very basic commands

I have made a simple cron job by typing the following commands

crontab -e

then in the vi file opened I types

* * * * * * echo 'leon trozky' >> /Users/whitetiger/Desktop/foo.txt 2>&1

the file foo.txt indeed gets created, but its content is 

/bin/sh: Applications: command not found

I'm guessing this has to do with the PATH value of cron. Is there any way to set the PATH in the cron file such that when I transfer it to another mac I won't have to set the PATH manually? is this even a PATH problem?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1397

Answers (2)

Long M K Nguyễn
Long M K Nguyễn

Reputation: 817

Yeah your syntax is 1 * more than it should be, just providing more info adding to Red Cricket's answer, crontab syntax should be 

* * * * *  command to execute
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ └─── day of week (0 - 6) (0 to 6 are Sunday to Saturday, or use names; 7 is Sunday, the same as 0)
│ │ │ └──────── month (1 - 12)
│ │ └───────────── day of month (1 - 31)
│ └────────────────── hour (0 - 23)
└─────────────────────── min (0 - 59)

Upvotes: 1

Red Cricket
Red Cricket

Reputation: 10480

I think you got one too many *'s there. And yes you can set the PATH variable in cron. A couple of ways. But your problem is the extra *.

Upvotes: 9

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