On Sunday, April 30, 2017, Dylan Reinhold <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does the command .dalarm exist in the users home directory (and not just > roots home)? > Can you run ~/.dalarm from the commandline as that user? > > yes! > > If it does, change your redirections from /dev/null into a file so you can > see the errors > 30 16 * * * ~/.dalarm >>~/dalarm.log 2>&1 > > Then look in the log for any errors. > > Doing this as of now. Will report back. Best Regards, Antonio > Dylan > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Antonio Olivares <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> Dear folks, >> >> I am having a difficult time getting cron to run a script. I ran >> $ crontab -e >> >> Added the commands >> # min hr mon dom dow command >> 30 16 * * * ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 >> >> Where ~/.dalarm has a command to call mplayer and play some music files. >> #!/bin/sh >> >> /usr/local/bin/mplayer -really-quiet -shuffle -playlist ~/.playlist >> >> I have setup a crontab for root user and it is working there, but not as >> regular user. I have checked and there is no /var/cron/deny for my user. I >> have read that I need to specify $PATH in crontab file as well in >> documentation. Any ideas as to how to fix this? >> >> Best Regards, >> >> >> Antonio >> > >
