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charlie
Asked: 2013-10-31 00:12:55 +0800 CST

Simple command not executing on start up

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I want a simple command mv ~/Downloads/*.torrent ~/Torrent-Backup/ to be run everytime the system starts up.

But though the commands works perfectly by itself, scheduling it as startup application does not work.

Please suggest.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    When you set a command to be scheduled at startup, you should use full paths, not ~:

    sh -c 'mv /home/username/Downloads/*.torrent /home/username/Torrent-Backup/'

    Replace username with your user name.

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  2. Cron requires that the command have the absolute path /bin/mv.

    Furthermore, since your running this command on startup, ~ won't work either, because this point to the user's home directory. Use /home/user_name/Downloads and /home/user_name/Torrent-Backup/ instead. Or run after logging in.

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