On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:08 PM, irfan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: irfan <[email protected]> > Date: Jun 1, 2:31 pm > Subject: Executing a shell script from crontab > To: Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram > > > Hi all, > > I wrote a script to change my wallpaper. Now i want to execute this > automatically after a short duration. So i tried using crontab . But > it doesnt works for me . > > I manually executed the script and it is working well . "crontab -l " > gives > # m h dom mon dow command > * * * * * /bin/bash /usr/local/bin/wallChanger > > And from the log viewer , i can see entries saying crontab is > executing the command . > Jun 1 14:59:01 abc-laptop CRON[2964]: (abc) CMD (/bin/bash /usr/ > local/ > bin/wallChanger) > > pls help me to run the script from crontab. > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >
What do you mean by doesn't work ? -- Nilesh Govindarajan Facebook: nilesh.gr Twitter: nileshgr Website: www.itech7.com -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
