Bash script runs fine, but not in cron
- by radiotech
I have a script that's supposed to record a shoutcast stream for an hour, convert it to mp3, and then save it. The script runs correctly when I run it from the terminal, but I can't seem to get it to run in cron (where it should run every hour at the top of the hour).
Here's the line in crontab:
0 * * * * /medialib/tech/bin/recordstream 2>&1 >> /medialib/tech/cron.log
and here's the script:
#!/bin/bash
name="$(date +%s)"
mp3_name=$name.mp3
wav_name=$name.wav
timeout -sHUP 60m vlc -I dummy --sout "#transcode{channels=2}:std{access=file,mux=wav,dst=/medialib/stream_backup/wav/$wav_name" /medialib/tech/lib/listen.m3u
lame --mp3input /medialib/stream_backup/wav/$wav_name /medialib/stream_backup/$mp3_name
rm /medialib/stream_backup/wav/$wav_name
Thank you!
EDIT: Contents of cron.log (This text has been in the log file since it was transferred from an old server where it was working).
VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
> Shutting down.
VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
> Shutting down.
