Crontab won't run bash cript

MrCookie

12/29/23, 7:17 AM

I have a bash script that takes backup of my gitlab server and copies the files to another disk.

The script runs as expected when I run it by hand.

I tried to add it as a job in crontab but it doesn't seem to run.

This is how I tried to setup the crontab:

sudo crontab -e

I set it up to run every day at 12:00.
I tried different times as well, but still no luck.
0 12 * * * root /home/user/dev/backup.sh

sudo /etc/init.d/cron restart

However I do not see any files in the expected directory. If I manually run the script it works fine.

The first line of my script contains #!/bin/bash I don't know if that matters.

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cron

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Ubuntu

Marco

12/29/23, 7:34 AM

If you use sudo crontab -e it is always the crontab of root and there it is a syntax error to add the username. Make sure the script has the executable bit set (chmod +x /home/user/dev/backup.sh).

This crontab entry should do it:

0 12 * * * /home/user/dev/backup.sh

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MrCookie

12/29/23, 7:34 AM

I was about to answer my own question but, yes that's how it works. Thank you very much!

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