Shell script in crontab cannot write files into FreeBSD's
filesystem.
Bill Moran
wmoran at potentialtech.com
Wed Dec 5 06:28:33 PST 2007
In response to Supote Leelasuppakorn <pjn0211 at hotmail.com>:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Please anybody help me, I faced the problem with my "crontab". I
> tried to run a shell script which will fetch webpage and save it toa
> directory by using wget but after few minute I cannot see any filein
> such directory
>
> Below are content of shell script, my crontab and also
> file's permission listing.
Format your emails so they're actually readable.
> ###################
> # The output of `crontab -l`###################
>
> SHELL=/bin/sh
> MAILTO=pjn
> * * * * * . /home/pjn/parseGP/fetchPage.sh
^^^^
What is the . doing there? Are you watching /var/log/cron.log for
errors, as I expect you'll see some.
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Bill Moran
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