Crontab and sh script

[IGBA75]

Hi to all,

I have a ESX 3.5 where I want to schedule a sh script in crontab but I have this problem:

I create in "root" directory with "chmod 777" a sh file like this:

#!/bin/bash

#----

---

#

vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/storage1/Server2003/Server2003R2.vmx removesnapshots

cp test.txt test1.txt

If I run the sh by console with "./rmsnap.sh" it works fine!

Now I want to shedule on crontab, if I configure the crontab like this it does not works (I put also a cp to verify the execution).

30 21 * * 1 /root/rmsnap-mon.sh

30 21 * * 2 /root/rmsnap-tue.sh

30 21 * * 3 /root/rmsnap-wed.sh

30 21 * * 4 /root/rmsnap-thu.sh

30 21 * * 5 /root/rmsnap-fri.sh

Somebody can help me? I know that problaby it's a stupid ask, but I'm not an expert on linux and I don't understand why it not works!

Thank very much

Augusto

[rpartmann]

Hi,

- does the crontab-user have execute rights/bits set?

Probably the crontab user if not root (not sure now) probably is not allowed to remove snapshots.

or try

30 21 * * 1 root /root/rmsnap-mon.sh

30 21 * * 2 root /root/rmsnap-tue.sh

30 21 * * 3 root /root/rmsnap-wed.sh

30 21 * * 4 root /root/rmsnap-thu.sh

30 21 * * 5 root /root/rmsnap-fri.sh

hth,

Reinhard

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[AWo]

30 21 * * 1 /root/rmsnap-mon.sh

30 21 * * 2 /root/rmsnap-tue.sh

30 21 * * 3 /root/rmsnap-wed.sh

30 21 * * 4 /root/rmsnap-thu.sh

30 21 * * 5 /root/rmsnap-fri.sh

Try

30 21 * * 1 root /root/rmsnap-mon.sh

Syntax:

AWo

[petedr]

If you are looking to you the rmsnap.sh script daily you just put the script in the /etc/cron.daily directory and that will work without having to deal with crontab.

[IGBA75]

Hi,

I try to put "30 21 * * 1 root /root/rmsnap-mon.sh" but doe not work.

I cannot put it in crond.daily, because each script have small differents for each day of week (mon, tue, wed....)

thank a lot

Augusto.

[dinny]

Hiya,

It most likely isn't working in crontab - as no path statement is available then by default.

So to run scripts via cron - always ensure that you use the full path for all commands in the script.

i.e. run

/usr/bin/vmware-cmd

not just

vmware-cmd

in your script

Dinny