Cron jobs not running

Question

Hi
I am using linux 5.x
uname -r
2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5PAE
I have 2 crontab jobs set up as following .
cat backup_confluence.sh
#!/bin/bash
# bash shell script to backup confluence backups to bccpfr
# Schedule this script after the backups are performed that day
# Setup the environment for the bourne-again shell
. ./.bash_profile
# Copy the daily backups for confluence
find /usr/share/confluence/data/backups -mtime -1 \! -type d -exec ls {} \; -exec scp {} bccpfr:/usr/backup/confluence \;
second
cat  backup_jira.sh
#!/bin/bash
# bash shell script to backup jira backups to bccpfr
# Schedule this script after the backups are performed that day
# Setup the environment for the bourne-again shell
. ./.bash_profile
# Copy the daily backups for jira
find /usr/share/jira/backups -mtime -1 \! -type d -exec ls {} \; -exec scp {} bccpfr:/usr/backup/jira \;
cron as following
$ crontab -l
13 06 * * * /home/lsg/backup_jira.sh
18 06 * * * /home/lsg/backup_confluence.sh
Issue
Both the above .sh are running properly when executed  manually but they are not running automatically at the given time crontab job.
Kindly help me on this issue.
many thanks
J

Answer 1

Is your crontask not running at all or is the scheduled task failing?
Hey Tommy I sent you some replies yesterday; don't know what happened to them. Yes I can see that crond runs every ten minutes. Also when I created the crontab file using the command you sent here I could see that it was running every minute by looking at root mail in /var/log.
Do you have execute permission set on the scripts?
Yes
Any info in /var/log/messages or e-mail?
Output from mail-
From root@razorback  Tue Feb 11 08:19:01 2014
Return-Path: <root@razorback>
Received: from razorback (localhost [127.0.0.1])
    by razorback (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s1BEJ154018231
    for <root@razorback>; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:19:01 -0600
Received: (from root@localhost)
    by razorback (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id s1BEJ1rh018198;
    Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:19:01 -0600
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:19:01 -0600
Message-Id: <201402111419.s1BEJ1rh018198@razorback>
From: root@razorback (Cron Daemon)
To: root@razorback
Subject: Cron <root@razorback> $(date) >> /tmp/cronout
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
X-Cron-Env: <USER=root>
/bin/sh: Tue: command not found
From root@razorback  Tue Feb 11 08:20:02 2014
Return-Path: <root@razorback>
Received: from razorback (localhost [127.0.0.1])
    by razorback (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s1BEK2BD018267
    for <root@razorback>; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:20:02 -0600
Received: (from root@localhost)
    by razorback (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id s1BEK1mT018238;
    Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:20:01 -0600
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:20:01 -0600
Message-Id: <201402111420.s1BEK1mT018238@razorback>
From: root@razorback (Cron Daemon)
To: root@razorback
Subject: Cron <root@razorback> $(date) >> /tmp/cronout
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
X-Cron-Env: <USER=root>
/bin/sh: Tue: command not found