Re: I could not run this script in /etc/crontab

Check your script for and use full pathnames for commands, cron doesn't guarantee you will have a path or any environment variables you don't set in your script.

-Derek


At 02:15 PM 2/28/2006, Halid Faith wrote:
Hello

I have a script.
I can run it without a problem as root manually.
But I have a problem
I could not run this script in /etc/crontab as below;

*/1 * * * * root /root/thescript

What should I do ?



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