[GRLUG] crontab not running a working script

[Bob Kline]

1 23 * * * su -l jtr && /home/jtr/bin/syncmemotoo

su -l jtr somewhat supplies one's own environment.

Just a guess.

   -- Bob


On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 3:02 PM, <scott.tanner at comcast.net> wrote:

> Can you add a troubleshooting commands to the cron job, such as:
>
> 1 23 * * * env && /home/jtr/bin/syncmemotoo
>
> This will spit out some environment variables when the process runs, I'd
> be curious as to the PWD, PATH and LOGIN variables.
>
> Also, can you run the "syncevolution memotoo" command from anywhere on the
> system, or do you have to be in you're home dir?
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John-Thomas Richards" <jtr at jrichards.org>
> To: "Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area." <
> grlug at grlug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:54:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] crontab not running a working script
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:26:45PM -0500, Bob Kline wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:13 PM, John-Thomas Richards <
> jtr at jrichards.org>wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:04:17PM -0500, Ben Rousch wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:47 AM, John-Thomas Richards
> > > > <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> > > > > I sync my box to memotoo.com's service. Works from the commandline
> > > with
> > > > > `syncevolution memotoo'. The password is in the config files so
> when I
> > > > > enter the above command, it syncs, then I'm back to a command
> prompt.
> > > I
> > > > > can take that command and put it in a simple bash script:
> > > > >
> > > > > #!/bin/bash
> > > > > syncevolution memotoo
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > It works as expected; no further input is needed. However, when I
> put
> > > > > that script into my crontab, I get this error message:
> > > > >
> > > > > Enter password for memotoo: [ERROR] error code from
> > > > > SyncEvolution fatal error (local, status 10500): could not read
> > > > > password for memotoo
> > > > >
> > > > > Synchronization failed, see
> > > > >
> > >
> /home/jtr/.cache/syncevolution/memotoo-2012-01-12-11-38/syncevolution-log.html
> > > > > for details.
> > > > >
> > > > > The error log simply repeats that it could not read the password.
> > > > >
> > > > > My scripting skills are limited; am I missing something? If it
> works
> > > > > from a commandline should it not also work from cron?
> > > >
> > > > Cron uses different paths than a normal user. To avoid problems with
> > > > this you should specify the full path to all executables and files in
> > > > a cron job. You'll likely have to tell the program exactly where the
> > > > config file is located.
> > >
> > > Is this true even when the command in cron is a bash script? The line
> > > in crontab is:
> > >
> > > 1 23 * * * /home/jtr/bin/syncmemotoo
> > >
> > > It runs every night at 11:00PM.
> >
> >
> > But does your script need your environment? The absolute path gets
> > your script, but under what environment does cron run it?
> >
> > The crontab(1) points out that a user can have their own crontab file,
> > but seems a little vague about whether that implies anything about the
> > user's own environment.
>
> Very good question. I do not know the environment it runs under. I
> assume it's the user's environment since it's the user's crontab.
>
> > Can you direct any error messages when the command is run to yourself?
>
> Yes, as Mike said; it's in my local inbox.
> --
> john-thomas
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