so now that I have my backup script files ready and functional from either the command line or mouse click, I want cron running them, so am doing "crontab -e" - i understand the format of crontab. i restart the cron daemon or ensure that at least 2 minutes will pass before schedule runs. however when the scheduled time has passed the expected file will not have been created. i will have mail in var/spool/mail/roger saying:
/bin/sh: /windows/E/admin/backup-test.sh: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied alternatively i can use webmin to view the cron jobs and make it run "now" - the same error is returned. this will happen regardless of whether the cron job is run as roger or as root. plenty of references to this error in google but nothing that seems helpful - particularly since it will run from the command line and the suggestions are usually to do with permissions. root and users both have execute permission to the file. any suggestions anyone? Cheers, Roger
