Throw the output (Standard and error) from the CRON run to a log: 0 4 * * * root /FOLDER/SCRIPT 2>&1 >> /tmp/cronlog let 'er rip and see what the log says... if you want the log to be new for each run (i.e. overwrite the last log) change the >> to a > On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 08:45:22 -0500, Joshua Tschida <josh at tschidanet.com> wrote: > Greetings. I've written a bash script here for a Redhat 9 server that > uses smbclient to retrieve some log files from a Windows based web > server, then the script parses the log files with webalizer. I added the > script to my /etc/crontab file, with proper notation, but it does not > run! Is there anything with smbclient that might prevent it from running > in this fashion? The script works fine when I run it manually... > > Here's what the smbclient line looks like in my script: > /usr/bin/smbclient \\\\SERVERNAME\\SHARENAME -A ../login_info -I > SERVERIPADDRESS -n MYCOMPNAME -c "cd httplog; prompt off; mget *.log" > > My crontab notation looks like this so it will run at 4am every day: > 0 4 * * * root /FOLDER/SCRIPT > > I also have a similar script retrieving logs from a Linux server via FTP, > and that one works fine with the same crontab notation. > > thanks in advance for any assistance. > -Josh > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list