On Monday 20 September 2010 11:49 PM, Nitesh Mistry wrote: > I am doing this little experiment in cron, but not able to make it work. > > I want cron to play a certain mp3 file at a certain time. So I add the > usual time parameters and add the following to the command field: > /usr/bin/ffplay<path to my mp3 file> >
To make life simpler, for all cron jobs, use an executable script file, don't give commands inside the cron table. For your experiment use only command line terminals. Don't log into your gui account. If your script file works using './path/script_file' then it will work inside cron too. -- As a proper list etiquette... Please trim your replies. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Do not re-use old messages to write new ones. Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
