Cron job fails for any time other than default * * * * *
- by Raghu
On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), my cron job run fine if I use the default
* * * * *
But if I want it to run at 17 hrs or any other time, it never runs. My settings are:
00 17 * * * wget http://www.abc.com/a.php
I also tried:
00 17 * * * root wget http://www.abc.com/a.php
I also tried specifying the path. There is a carriage return, and I'm logged in as root
Here is my complete crontab:
TZ=Australia/Sydney
22 7 * * * /usr/bin/wget http://www.abc.com/a.php
22 7 * * * /bin/date >> /tmp/date.txt
----the out put is as follws:
root@Scrunch:~# sudo crontab -l -u root
55 12 * * * date >>/tmp/crontest.txt
root@Scrunch:~#
Why is the terminal displaying so many blank lines after outputting the crontab entries? do you suspect unnecessary carriage lines are given....And i have not given any entries any other cron spaces like .d,/daily eyc.,
