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Kyle Cureau
Asked: 2011-03-24 14:33:16 +0800 CST

Cronjob problem executing php script

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I have a hourly cronjob script that curls a php script. The php script isn't being executed. In crontab -e I have:

1 * * * * /var/www/path/to/script.sh

Doing grep cron /var/log/syslog outputs:

Mar 23 21:45:01 Emile CRON[5339]: (root) CMD (/var/www/path/to/anotherscript.sh)
Mar 23 22:01:01 Emile CRON[5386]: (root) CMD (/var/www/path/to/anotherscript.sh)
Mar 23 22:01:01 Emile CRON[5387]: (root) CMD (/var/www/path/to/script.sh)
Mar 23 22:14:01 Emile CRON[5425]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Mar 23 22:15:01 Emile CRON[5429]: (root) CMD (/var/www/path/to/anotherscript.sh)

I've verified that the url that is being curl in script.sh is correct and that the path in crontab -e is correct. I also verified that the php script works when manually executed. What else is there? Any ideas? Another way to diagnose? What's that cd / && run-parts in my syslog?

Thanks in advance for the help!

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    What usually can happen is a $PATH problem. It's curl being used with it's full path on script.sh or just curl?

    You can also change the first line of the script (if you are using bash) from #!/bin/bash to #/bin/bash -x (that will generate debug output from bash).

    Anyway, as @derfK said on his comment, check the user email for errors (the script debug will also be sent to the user email). You can change the email which cron uses to send messages putting MAILTO=<email> before the rule lines.

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