get cron jobworking

[onthax]

I've made a shell script to rsync to a remote server, the script is

Code:

!/bin/sh

task=backup
target=daedalus

tmux list-sessions | grep "$task$target" > .$task$target.pid

if [ -s .$task$target.pid ] ; then
echo "$task$target is Running "
else
tmux new-session -s $task$target -d ./$target/$task$target.sh
fi

which runs fine when I try it from the shell

i've added it as a cron job in the freenas gui

User: Onthax
every 5 minutes, every 1 day, every 1 month, every month, every day of the week

however it doesnt make the tmux session or start an rsync, any ideas?

 

[ProtoSD]

It could be the folder where the script is executed by cron and where you want to create the .pid file doesn't have write permission. Maybe you could have it echo `pwd` to verify where it's being executed or specify a full path such as /tmp/$task$target.pid or something also. You could also add some echos to see which branch of your IF is being executed. It looks like $target = daedalus, but maybe you need /mnt before it?

 

[William Grzybowski]

Check /var/log/cron

 

[onthax]

It could be the folder where the script is executed by cron and where you want to create the .pid file doesn't have write permission. Maybe you could have it echo `pwd` to verify where it's being executed or specify a full path such as /tmp/$task$target.pid or something also. You could also add some echos to see which branch of your IF is being executed. It looks like $target = daedalus, but maybe you need /mnt before it?

Cheers, that fixed it, didnt think about where cron was running from, added a $HOME to the front, now it's all working grand