/etc/crontab doesn't run my additions

[Barrie_Hiern]

I've added the following lines to /etc/crontab and the lines aren't being executed. The cron log shows the file being reloaded after the changes.

# This one on Wednesday
#
0 4 * * 3 root /backmeup.sh 1>/home/barrie/Desktop/Backup.Log/cron.debug.1.log 2>/home/barrie/Desktop/Backup.Log/cron.debug.2.log

# This one on Saturday
#
0 4 * * 6 root /backmeup.sh 1>/home/barrie/Desktop/Backup.Log/cron.debug.1.log 2>/home/barrie/Desktop/Backup.Log/cron.debug.2.log

[Barrie_Hiern (barriehie)]

I concurrently had webmin installed and removed it hoping for a solution. No difference in behaviour.

[Ian Weisser (ian-weisser)]

Please attach your /var/log/syslog showing the edit and showing the failed run.

Please confirm the location of the script you're trying to run. Cron generally requires full pathnames (/bin/foo or /home/user/foo.sh)

Thanks in advance

[Barrie_Hiern (barriehie)]

At this point my log rotation is to far back for me to even have a clue where to get the /var/log/syslog file you're requesting. The path to the script, /backmeup.sh is expressly stated in /etc/crontab.

Barrie

[Barrie_Hiern (barriehie)]

This AM, 1-4-'09, the backup did execute.

Barrie

[Ian Weisser (ian-weisser)]

Happy to see that it works now. I'll close this bug report for you now. Please feel free to reopen if the problem recurs.

Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.